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1 ♦ salt
♦ salt /sɔ:lt/A n.1 [u] (chim., farm.) sale; sale marino (o da cucina); (fig.) criterio, senno; (fig.) sapore, succo: table salt, sale da tavola; common salt, sale comune; cooking salt, sale grosso; Epsom salt, sale inglese ( purgativo); Risk is the salt of life, il rischio dà sapore alla vita3 salinaB a. attr.● salt-and-pepper, pepe e sale (agg.); (fam. USA) interrazziale; ( slang) auto della polizia; marijuana scadente □ salt-and-pepper hair, capelli brizzolati □ (chim.) salt cake, solfato di sodio □ (GB) salt cellar, saliera ( con il tappo perforato) □ (geogr.) salt desert, deserto salato □ (geol.) salt dome, duomo salino; cupola salina □ (geogr.) salt flat, piana di sale; letto di lago salato prosciugatosi □ (med.) salt-free diet, dieta senza sale; dieta sodiopenica □ (ind. ceramica) salt glaze, smaltatura a sale □ (geogr.) salt lake, lago salato □ salt lick, terreno ricco di salgemma ( dove i selvatici vanno a leccare il sale); blocco di sale per il bestiame domestico □ (geogr.) salt marsh, palude costiera salmastra □ salt meadow, prato ricco di salgemma □ salt-mine, miniera di sale: (fig.) Back to the salt-mines!, si torna al duro lavoro! □ ( Bibbia) the salt of the earth, il sale della terra (fig.); i migliori; gli eletti; brava gente □ salt pit, miniera di salgemma; salina □ ( USA) salt rising, lievito □ salt spoon, cucchiaino per il sale □ ( USA) salt truck, camion spandisale □ salt well, pozzo d'acqua salata □ salt wit, spirito arguto, mordace □ ( di cibo) in salt, sotto sale □ (fig.) to take st. with a pinch (o a grain) of salt, prendere qc. ‘cum grano salis’ (o con un po' di buonsenso).
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