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Meaning of salts
noun
- 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.
verb
- To add salt to. Example: to salt fish, beef, or pork; to salt the city streets in the winter
- To deposit salt as a saline solution. Example: The brine begins to salt.
- 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.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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