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salt

noun: a natural white substance that is used especially to flavor or preserve food
noun: a crystalline compound NaCl that consists of sodium chloride, is abundant in nature, and is used especially to season or preserve food or in industry
verb: to treat, provide, or season with common salt
verb: to flavor or preserve (food) with salt
adjective: containing salt
adjective: being or inducing the one of the four basic taste sensations that is suggestive of seawater
often used in the phrases 'above the salt' and 'below the salt' alluding to the former custom of seating persons of higher rank above and those of lower rank below a saltcellar placed in the middle of a long table
synonyms: saline, taste, savor

Any doctor 'worth her salt' [=any good/capable doctor] would have advised you to get a second opinion before having major surgery.
A detective writer 'worth his salt' [=a good detective writer] keeps his readers from solving the mystery.
The book is 'salted with' witty anecdotes. [=the book has many witty anecdotes throughout it]

(..) The nearby one? Right down the street. Spring Which street? What's your fiance’s name? Sam. What does he do? S-S-Salt. Salt? Sea... salt. Sea salt. He's a salt seaman. He- He dives in to the ocean for the sea salt. And then he brings it back up. (..)
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