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  • noun Plural form of salt.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of salt.

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Examples

  • The radioactive properties of the metal are exactly the ones that can be forecast on the assumption that the radioactivity of the salts is an atomic property of the radium which is unaffected by the state of combination.

    Marie Curie - Nobel Lecture 1966

  • And because Glucosamine is stabilized with certain salts, there may be some concerns for those who have high blood pressure, or who need to watch their sodium intake.

    Oprah ‘quasi-science’ unmasked 2009

  • He was getting the minerals and salts from the shed by chewing on it, a few days later I went back to the tree and found the shed on the ground, so I brought it home and it now sits with the rest of my antler collection.

    Shed Hunting 2009

  • He was getting the minerals and salts from the shed by chewing on it, a few days later I went back to the tree and found the shed on the ground, so I brought it home and it now sits with the rest of my antler collection.

    Shed Hunting 2009

  • The answer to your question is that casein salts will always be listed that way, as sodium caseinate or calcium caseinate or even, though rarely, potassium caseinate.

    Casein Not in All Sodium Steve Carper 2008

  • "Theoretically," Alex said, "you could reclaim a salt-contaminated field by growing enough of these crops to remove the salts from the soil."

    Will Frankenfood Save the Planet? 2003

  • "Theoretically," Alex said, "you could reclaim a salt-contaminated field by growing enough of these crops to remove the salts from the soil."

    Will Frankenfood Save the Planet? 2003

  • Henman, suffering from an upset stomach and receiving smelling salts from the trainer, pulled out a 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (2-7), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Switzerland's

    USATODAY.com - Venus, Serena, Hewitt breeze into quarterfinals 2002

  • Their slogan was that their product was “low in salts”.

    Circling Lake Chapala 2001

  • Their slogan was that their product was “low in salts”.

    Circling Lake Chapala 2001

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