Definition

noun

A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.
One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.
A salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea.
A sailor (also old salt).
Randomly chosen bytes added to a plaintext message prior to encrypting or hashing it, in order to render brute-force decryption more difficult.

verb

To add salt to.
“to salt fish, beef, or pork; to salt the city streets in the winter”
To deposit salt as a saline solution.
“The brine begins to salt.”
To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber.
To insert or inject something into an object to give it properties it would not naturally have.
To include colorful language in.

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