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saltigradæ |
saltigrade |
saltimbanco |
saltine |
saltiness
| salting
| saltire
| saltirewise
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saltiness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun saltiness has 3 senses
- saltiness(n = noun.communication) coarseness - language or humor that is down-to-earth; "the saltiness of their language was inappropriate"; "self-parody and saltiness riddled their core genre" is a kind of expressive style, style
- saltiness(n = noun.cognition) salinity, salt - the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth; Array is a kind of gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste, taste perception, taste sensation
- saltiness(n = noun.attribute) Array - the property of containing salt (as a compound or in solution); Array is a kind of property
Derived form adjective salty1
Derived form adjective salty3
has particulars: brininess, salinity, brackishness
Derived form adjective salty2
ROGET THESAURUS
saltiness
Saltiness
N saltiness, niter, saltpeter, brine, salty, salt, saline, brackish, briny, salty as brine, salty as a herring, salty as Lot's wife, salty, racy (indecent), take it with a grain of salt.
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