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pounding salt

pounding salt is the present participle and gerund 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 pounding salt

What is pounding salt the present participle and gerund of?
Pounding salt is the present participle and gerund of pound salt.

Words near pounding salt in the dictionary

  1. pounding a beat
  2. pounding block
  3. pounding blocks
  4. pounding dirt
  5. pounding out
  6. pounding salt
  7. pounding sand
  8. pounding sand into a rathole
  9. pounding the pavement
  10. poundingly
  11. poundings

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