unsalt

U1N1S1A1L1T1

verb

To desalt.

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Meanings

verbunsalt (third-person singular simple present unsalts, present participle unsalting, simple past and past participle unsalted)

present singular third person unsalts · participle present unsalting · participle past unsalted · past unsalted

  1. transitiveTo desalt.

    Making hard soap by the hold method without unsalting.

    1854, Philip Kurten, The Art of Manufacturing Soaps, Including the Most Recent Discoveries, page 139
    2 more examples

    Otherwise we could unstub a toe, unshatter a broken mirror, unsalt the salty soup […]

    2005, David Stewart, The Chemistry of Essential Oils Made Simple: God's Love Manifest in Molecules, page 696

    …saw off the knuckle bone and then unsalt the ham in a plentiful supply of water for twenty-four hours.

    2017, Charles Ranhofer, The Epicurean: The Classic 1893 Cookbook, page 575

Origin

From un- + salt, compare Dutch ontzouten.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

sultanunlast
Cite this entry
APA

unsalt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsalt

MLA

“unsalt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsalt. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unsalt,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsalt.

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