salt

/sɔlt/ · noun

Meaning

A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.
One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.
A salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea.
A sailor (also old salt).
Randomly chosen bytes added to a plaintext message prior to encrypting or hashing it, in order to render brute-force decryption more difficult.
A person who seeks employment at a company in order to (once employed by it) help unionize it.
To add salt to.
To deposit salt as a saline solution.
To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber.
To insert or inject something into an object to give it properties it would not naturally have.
To include colorful language in.
To add filler bytes before encrypting, in order to make brute-force decryption more resource-intensive.
Salty; salted.
Saline.
Related to salt deposits, excavation, processing or use.
Bitter; sharp; pungent.
Salacious; lecherous; lustful; (of animals) in heat.
Costly; expensive.

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