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salting en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The act of sprinkling salt, as on food or on an icy road.
  2. (countable) A salt marsh.
    • Saltings ringing with the redshank's cry. 1967, J. A. Baker, The Peregrine, page 41:
  3. (uncountable) The act of tampering with an investigation site by adding bogus evidence.
  4. (UK, countable, historical, uncountable) The celebration of the Eton montem.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
saltings Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

salting out

Hyponyms

password salting

Translations (7)

es salazón (act) · es siembra de evidencia (act of adding bogus evidence) · ga sailleadh (act) · pl solenie (act) · pt salga (act) · gl salgadura (act) · fi suolaus (act)

salting en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of salt
    form of salt