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pounded salt

pounded salt is the simple past and past participle of pound salt.

Meaning of pound salt

Verb

pound salt (third-person singular simple present pounds salt, present participle pounding salt, simple past and past participle pounded salt)

  1. To grind salt crystals into powder using a mortar and pestle or similar device.
  2. Synonym of pound sand.
    • He still persisted and, at that point, I guess, being born and raised in New York City, I had had enough of him and I said, 'Hey, you can go pound salt.'1987, Charles R. Ashman, Pamela Trescott, Diplomatic Crime, page 278
    Synonyms:
    pound sand

Questions about pounded salt

What is pounded salt the simple past and past participle of?
Pounded salt is the simple past and past participle of pound salt.

Words near pounded salt in the dictionary

  1. pounded
  2. pounded a beat
  3. pounded dirt
  4. pounded out
  5. pounded rice
  6. pounded salt
  7. pounded sand
  8. pounded sand into a rathole
  9. pounded the pavement
  10. pounded yam
  11. pounder

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