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pinches of salt

pinches of salt is the plural of pinch of salt.

Meaning of pinch of salt

Noun

pinch of salt (plural pinches of salt)

  1. A small amount of salt.
    Synonyms:
    grain of salt
  2. (figuratively) Caution, doubt, consideration.
    • Take anything he tells you with a pinch of salt: he's an inveterate liar and mixes truth with his fiction liberally.

Questions about pinches of salt

What is pinches of salt the plural of?
Pinches of salt is the plural of pinch of salt.

Words near pinches of salt in the dictionary

  1. Pinchergate
  2. pinchers
  3. pinches
  4. pinches a loaf
  5. pinches at
  6. pinches of salt
  7. pinches off
  8. pinches one off
  9. pinches out
  10. pinchfist
  11. pinchfisted

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