Thesaurus results for SALTS

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noun

plural of salt

as in sailors

one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel an old salt who taught me everything I know about sailing and the sea

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verb

present tense third-person singular of salt

as in mixes

to scatter or set here and there among other things the old sailor salted his tale of the voyage with crude anecdotes and rough language

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Noun

Liquid fuel salts operate at intense heat, often topping 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026 Under the ban, each homogeneous material that makes up a garment should not have a PFHxA concentration equal to or greater than 25 parts per billion (ppb) for the sum of PFHxA and its salts, while 1,000 ppb for the sum of its related substances. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026 While raw materials potentially useful for Earth life are found in abundance on Mars, they are mixed in the soil with toxins such as perchlorate, as well as salts that would make growth difficult for most organisms. — Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Excess nitrogen and salts pull moisture from grass blades, leaving them dry and damaged. — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2026 Fertilizers leave behind salts in the soil that can pull moisture out of root tissue and cause wilting, yellowing, and eventual browning of leaves. — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2026 Fine salts, like fine sea salt and iodized, are usually even denser than Morton Kosher, so for a recipe that calls for 1 tsp. — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Sep. 2026 Harvard Health also notes that alternative salts such as sea salt are not necessarily healthier than table salt because both are largely sodium chloride. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026 Gardenias are prone to yellowing leaves from soil alkalinity and tap water salts. — Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026

Verb

Brown butchers then salts the chickens overnight, and marinates them in a mixture of ancho and puya chiles, garlic and chipotle. — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026 The other thing that salts all of this is this is an unprecedented time in terms of organizational risk appetites. — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026

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A week ago nine Syrian sailors and one Egyptian were lost at sea from a ship that sank when hit by drones in Bulgaria’s Black Sea exclusive economic zone.

— Reuters, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026
Eleven sailors are missing following a drone attack on a vessel off the coast of Bulgaria, according to Bulgarian officials, prompting the country’s government to summon the Russian ambassador.

— Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of sailors

Verb

The collection mixes authentic OshKosh details like denim and hickory stripe, reimagined with signature Sergio Hudson design elements.

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
The doc, for which Shirai and Hiroshi Harahandled cinematography, with Frederick Shanahan as editor, mixes intimate vérité with poetic observation to reveal more about a sport that often seems particularly foreign to those outside of Japan.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of mixes

Noun

The amphorae date from 4,400-4,700 years ago and provide new information on maritime history, the daily lives of mariners and trade connections at the time.

— Jack Guy, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
Seas will also begin to lower as the nor'easter pulls away, but inexperienced mariners and small vessels are encouraged to stay docked on Monday as rough seas and gusty winds are still likely.

— Sarah Wroblewski, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of mariners

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The track weaves together experiences of colonialism, trauma, and resistance, with the innocence of childhood as a backdrop.

— Vanessa Diaz, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2026
Spain’s Oscar submission weaves Federico García Lorca’s unfinished play into a story that spans generations.

— Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of weaves

Verb

Instead of putting bourbon into a new set of barrels, the distillery inserts 10 virgin French oak staves that have been seared into cask-strength Maker’s, and lets the whiskey age for a little more than two months in its cool limestone cellars.

— Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2026
When introduced into another cell, the gene produces a protein that inserts into the cell membrane.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of inserts

Verb

For Le Bon Marché, the auction will offer a way to bring a specialist collecting market into a department store, creating an event that combines an exhibition, shopping and a live experience.

— Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
Her work combines music, illustration, animation and fashion.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of combines

Verb

The visual intersperses footage from a trip the pair took to Iceland with clips of their Upstate New York home, a fitting backdrop to Sprague’s spectral vocals and wandering synth arcs.

— Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 23 June 2026
Captured over four back-to-back performances in Manchester’s Co-op Live Arena in July 2025, the nearly two-hour movie intersperses most of her set list with endearing snippets of behind-the-scenes footage from the day leading up to the show.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2026

Definition of intersperses

Verb

The collection also incorporates diamonds sourced through GemFair, De Beers Group’s initiative supporting artisanal and small-scale miners, reinforcing the company’s efforts to connect provenance with luxury craftsmanship.

— Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
The lawsuit, filed by Florida lawyer Spencer Kuvin, incorporates much of the findings of the Ethics Committee probe, which was eventually made public.

— Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026

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