salting

Meanings

• verb

  The act of adding salt to food for flavor enhancement or food preservation.

• The process of treating or preserving something, especially meat, by soaking it in a brine or covering it with salt.

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Antonyms

desalt

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with salting
baling , calming , paling , staling

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Variants

List of all variants of salting that leads to same result
salting , saltings , salt , salted , salter , salters , salts , salt away , salted away , salting away , salts away , salt out , salted out , salting out , salts out , salt with , salted with , salting with , salts with

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Forms

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salted, salts

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Etymology

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From Old French saler 'to salt' or from Latin salare 'to make salt'.

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Trivia

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1. The largest salt mine in the world is the Wieliczka Salt Mine in Poland, which has been in operation since the 13th century.

2. The term 'to salt someone away' means to hide or conceal someone, possibly because of the way salt was used to preserve bodies in ancient times.

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Related Concepts

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1. brining: A method of food preservation that involves soaking meat or other food in a brine solution, typically a saltwater solution.

2. pickling: A method of food preservation that involves soaking food in an acidic solution, often with the addition of salt.

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Culture

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Salting has been used for centuries for food preservation, particularly in areas without access to refrigeration. It is also used as a seasoning to enhance the flavor of various dishes. In literature, salting is mentioned in various works, such as Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' and Mark Twain's 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'.

How to Memorize "salting"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine adding a pinch of salt to a dish while cooking or seeing a pile of salted fish.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'salting' with the taste of food or the process of preserving meat.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the acronym SALT to remember the different meanings: Salt for food, Salt for preservation.

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