salt

Definitions

• A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.
• (chemistry) One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.
• (uncommon) A salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea.
• (slang) A sailor also old salt.
• (cryptography) Randomly chosen bytes added to a plaintext message prior to encrypting or hashing it, in order to render brute brute-force decryption more difficult.
• A person who seeks employment at a company in order to (once employed by it) help unionize it.
• (obsolete) Flavour; taste; seasoning.
• (obsolete) Piquancy; wit; sense.
• (obsolete) A dish for salt at table; a salt cellar.
• (figurative) Skepticism and common sense.
• (Internet slang) Indignation; outrage; arguing.