saltiness

Roget category 392a

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.3. Organic matter
›› 3.3.2. Sensation

#392a. Saltiness

noun

saltiness.
niter, saltpeter, brine.

adjective

salty, salt, saline, brackish, briny — salty as brine, salty as a herring, salty as Lot's wife.
salty, racy (indecent) 961.

phrase

take it with a grain of salt.

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