salt up

verb

to salt food for seasoning.

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Meanings

verbsalt up (third-person singular simple present salts up, present participle salting up, simple past and past participle salted up)

present singular third person salts up · participle present salting up · participle past salted up · past salted up

  1. transitiveto salt food for seasoning.
  2. transitiveusuallydrain; nozzle; drain; nozzleTo become encrusted with salt, such as from seawater or from salt-treated roads.
  3. transitiveto become saltier, especially to become salty enough to inhibit agriculture.
  4. transitiveTo treat with salt in preparation for snowfall.
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APA

salt up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salt%20up

MLA

“salt up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salt%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “salt up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salt%20up.

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