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# salty

adjective (salty, saltier, saltiest)

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

## Everyday

1. Salty means tasting of salt or having salt in it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salty/#m1)
2. Salty (informal) can mean a bit rude or cross: a salty reply. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salty/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths: a word of the story; describes food or water; carries no number. In science: seawater is salty, rivers are fresh; salty water is denser so things float better in it. In health: salty snacks make you thirsty. In stories: the salty sea air.

### Examples

- She bought 3 bags of salty chips. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salty/#x1)
- The salty snacks cost $2 each. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salty/#x2)
- The sea is salty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salty/#x3)
- He drank 2 glasses of water after the salty soup. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salty/#x4)
- Salty food makes you thirsty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salty/#x5)
- An egg floats in very salty water but sinks in fresh water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salty/#x6)
- We smelled the salty sea air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salty/#x7)
- The chips were too salty to eat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salty/#x8)
- Tears taste a little salty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salty/#x9)
- He blinked his eyes hard to keep out the salty perspiration streaming down his face. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salty/#x10)

### Note

Describes a thing; carries no clue. Trap: none. Comparison: salty, saltier, saltiest. Opposite of salty water: fresh water. Eating many salty snacks is not healthy.

## On Mova

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