salting

UK
/ˈsɔːltɪŋ/
US
/ˈsɔltɪŋ/
saltingnoun
saltings
Pl.
Translations
The salting of the roads helps to prevent ice formation.
Засолка дорог помогает предотвратить образование льда.
Additional translations
Definitions
The act or process of applying salt to something, especially to preserve it or enhance its flavor.
The salting of the meat was necessary to ensure it would last through the winter.
A method of fraudulently increasing the apparent value of a mine by placing rich ore in it.
The investors were deceived by the salting of the mine, believing it to be more valuable than it actually was.
The act of spreading salt on roads or pathways to melt ice or snow.
The city workers were busy with the salting of the roads to prevent accidents during the snowstorm.
Coastal marsh land that is regularly flooded by the tide and encrusted with salt; a salt marsh (usually in plural).
Wading birds feed on the saltings along the estuary.
saltinggerund / present participle
UK
/ˈsɔːltɪŋ/
US
/ˈsɔltɪŋ/
Used attributively to describe substances, solutions, or processes that involve or apply salt.
Definitions
Involving or containing salt, especially for preserving or flavouring.
The pickles were immersed in a salting solution for several days.
saltnoun
Definitions
A white crystalline substance that gives seawater its characteristic taste and is used for seasoning or preserving food.
She added a pinch of salt to the soup to enhance its flavor.
A chemical compound formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where the hydrogen ions of the acid are replaced by metal or other cations.
Sodium chloride is a common salt used in various chemical reactions.
An experienced sailor, especially one who is old and has spent many years at sea.
The old salt shared stories of his adventures on the high seas.
saltverb

salting

Gerundium

salted
Präteritum
salted
Partizip Perfekt
salting
Gerundium
UK
/sɔːlt/
US
/sɔlt/
Translations
She likes to salt her food before tasting it.
Она любит солить еду перед тем, как попробовать её.
Additional translations
Definitions
To add salt to food to enhance its flavor or preserve it.
She salted the soup to bring out its flavors.
To spread salt on a surface, such as a road or sidewalk, to melt ice or snow.
The city workers salted the roads to prevent accidents during the snowstorm.
To sprinkle or scatter something, often metaphorically, to add interest or variety.
He salted his speech with humorous anecdotes to keep the audience engaged.
saltadjective
Definitions
Containing or impregnated with salt.
The salt air from the ocean was refreshing.
Having a salty taste or flavor.
The soup was too salt for my liking.