Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

salted

/sˈɔltɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English

Syllables: salt-ed
IPA: /sˈɔltɪd/

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

To which salt has been added.

adj

Of an animal, vaccinated against or having recovered from a disease.

Archaic

verb

simple past and past participle of salt

Example Sentences

"salted peanuts"
"Dave, if you are eating enough salted nuts for the salt in the nuts to make a difference in the compost pile, you would be better off worrying about what all those nuts are doing to *you* because that would be a *whole lotta nuts*!"
"It is possible, again, that cases which have recovered from the disease (so-called salted animals), may assume the role of host, and furnish infective material for the propogation of the disease."

Usage

Archaic

Derived Forms

nonsalted unsalted

Phrases

green-salted ready salted salted bomb salted egg sea-salted

Synonyms

salt-cured brine-cured

Rhymes With

assaulted exalted vaulted defaulted faulted

Questions

How do you pronounce salted?: The recorded pronunciation is /sˈɔltɪd/.
What does salted mean?: To which salt has been added.

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