oversalt
oversalt verb: to add too much salt to (something).
Verb
oversalt (third-person singular simple present oversalts, present participle oversalting, simple past and past participle oversalted)
- To add too much salt to (something)
- On one occasion the caldo verde succeeded admirably, flavors and texture nicely balanced; on another, the sausage had unaccountably been omitted and the broth oversalted.1988 July 15, Sondra Rosenberg, “Restaurant Tours: Brazil, Portugal, and Albany Park”, in Chicago Reader
- We oversugar, oversalt. We stimulate our tongues with spices and artificial sweeteners, our noses with artificial flavors, our eyes with artificial brilliant dyes. These are not things that nature has made, necessarily, although she provided the raw materials. They are superstimulants that humans...1989, Jillyn Smith, “Feed Me, Feed Me: Superstimulation”, in Senses and Sensibilities, New York, N.Y.: Wiley Science Editions, →ISBN, chapter 7 (Seeking Sensory Experience), page 211
Forms of oversalt
| third-person singular present | oversalts |
|---|---|
| present participle | oversalting |
| past participle | oversalted |
| past | oversalted |
Origin of oversalt
From over- + salt.
Questions about oversalt
- What does oversalt mean?
- Oversalt means to add too much salt to (something).
- What part of speech is oversalt?
- Oversalt is a verb.
- What is the past tense of oversalt?
- The past tense of oversalt is oversalted.
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