Definitions for saltiness

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

salt•yˈsɔl ti(adj.)salt•i•er, salt•i•est.

  1. tasting of or containing salt; saline.

  2. piquant; sharp; witty.

  3. racy or coarse:

    salty humor.

  4. of the sea or sailing.

    Category: Navy

Origin of salty:

1400–50

salt′i•ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. saltiness, coarseness(noun)

    language or humor that is down-to-earth

    "the saltiness of their language was inappropriate"; "self-parody and saltiness riddled their core genre"

  2. salt, saltiness, salinity(noun)

    the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth

  3. saltiness(noun)

    the property of containing salt (as a compound or in solution)

Wiktionary

  1. saltiness(Noun)

    The property of being, or tasting, salty.


Translations for saltiness

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

saltiness(noun)

containing or tasting of salt

Tears are salty water.

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