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salt·y

salty

 
pronunciation:
sawl ti
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part of speech: adjective
inflections: saltier, saltiest
definition: When something is salty, it has salt in it and it has the taste of salt. Many snacks that we eat are salty. Water in the ocean is salty too.
Candice doesn't like eating popcorn from the movie theater. She thinks it's too salty.Eating those salty potato chips made me really thirsty.
derivation: saltiness (n.)
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