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# saltiness

noun (saltiness — uncountable)

«saltiness» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Saltiness is how salty something tastes or is. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saltiness/#m1)
2. It can also mean how much salt is in water, like the saltiness of the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saltiness/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on taste, saltiness is one of the basic tastes, along with sweet, sour, bitter and umami. In geography, the saltiness (salinity) of seas differs: the Dead Sea is so salty you float easily. In health lessons, too much salt is bad for the heart, so food labels show salt.

### Examples

- The chef tasted the soup to check its saltiness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saltiness/#x1)
- I could taste the saltiness of the sea on my lips. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saltiness/#x2)
- Crisps have a lot of saltiness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saltiness/#x3)
- The saltiness of the Dead Sea makes people float. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saltiness/#x4)
- Saltiness is one of the five basic tastes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saltiness/#x5)
- Add lemon to balance the saltiness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saltiness/#x6)
- Scientists measure the saltiness of ocean water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saltiness/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable. Built from salt → salty → saltiness (y changes to i). The science word for the saltiness of water is "salinity".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «saltiness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saltiness/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«saltiness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/saltiness.html) on Mova free.