salt deposit

  • 1salt lick — noun a salt deposit that animals regularly lick • Syn: ↑lick • Hypernyms: ↑sediment, ↑deposit * * * noun : lick 3 * * * 1. a place to which animals go to lick naturally occurring salt deposits …

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  • 2salt — salt1 saltlike, adj. /sawlt/, n. 1. a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc. 2. table salt mixed with a particular herb or… …

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  • 3SALT — /sawlt/, n. See Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. * * * I Chemical compound formed when the hydrogen of an acid is replaced by a metal or its equivalent, such as ammonium (NH4). Typically, an acid and a base react to form a salt and water. Most… …

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  • 4Salt lick — A salt lick is a salt deposit that animals regularly lick. In an ecosystem, salt/mineral licks sometimes occur naturally, providing the sodium, calcium, iron, phosphorus and zinc required in the springtime for bone, muscle and other growth in… …

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  • 5Salt lick (disambiguation) — A salt lick is a salt deposit that animals regularly lick.Salt lick may also refer to: * Salt Lick Publishing, the publishers of QSaltLake *The Salt Lick, a barbecue restaurant in Driftwood, TexasIn geography: *Salt Lick, Kentucky, a city in Bath …

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  • 6Salt Lake City — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Salt Lake City, Utah Ar …

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  • 7Salt — Salt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Salted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Salting}.] 1. To sprinkle, impregnate, or season with salt; to preserve with salt or in brine; to supply with salt; as, to salt fish, beef, or pork; to salt cattle. [1913 Webster] 2. To fill… …

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  • 8Salt — Salt, v. i. To deposit salt as a saline solution; as, the brine begins to salt. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 9deposit — [n1] down payment; money saved drop, installment, money in the bank, partial payment, pledge, retainer, security, stake, warranty; concepts 340,344 Ant. debit, withdrawal deposit [n2] accumulation of solid alluvium, delta, deposition, dregs,… …

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  • 10salt pan — ► NOUN ▪ a shallow container or depression in the ground in which salt water evaporates to leave a deposit of salt …

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