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/sɒlt/

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Translation

A white food, made of tiny grains, that we add to make food taste better.

Word origin

From Old English sealt, the common Germanic word for salt.

Origin
Old English
Root
sealt

Examples

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"Salt" is the white food that makes food taste better.

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"Salt" has no plural, so we say "much salt".

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Here "salt" is the food I am asking for.

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This word is part of lesson 42.