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dry-salt

dry-salt
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [drahy sawlt]
    • /draɪ sɔlt/
    • /draɪ sɔːlt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [drahy sawlt]
    • /draɪ sɔlt/

Definitions of dry-salt word

  • verb with object dry-salt to cure or preserve (meat, hides, etc.) by drying and salting. 1
  • verb dry-salt to preserve (food) by salting and removing moisture 0
  • verb transitive dry-salt to salt and dry (meat, etc.) in order to preserve it 0

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Origin of dry-salt

First appearance:

before 1615
One of the 41% oldest English words
First recorded in 1615-25

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Parts of speech for Dry-salt

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

dry-salt popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 56% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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