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salt junk

salt junk noun: hard salt beef used as food on board ship.

Noun

salt junk (uncountable)

  1. (historical) Hard salt beef used as food on board ship.
    Synonyms:
    old horse

Synonyms of salt junk

Questions about salt junk

What does salt junk mean?
Salt junk means hard salt beef used as food on board ship.
What part of speech is salt junk?
Salt junk is a noun.

Words near salt junk in the dictionary

  1. Salt Hill
  2. salt horse
  3. salt horses
  4. salt in the wound
  5. Salt Island
  6. salt junk
  7. salt lake
  8. Salt Lake City
  9. Salt Lake County
  10. Salt Laker
  11. Salt Lakers

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