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salt substitute

salt substitute noun: a substance that tastes salty and stands in for table salt (which is mostly sodium chloride) but contains substantially less sodium; usually somewhere between half as much and nearly zero.

Noun

salt substitute (plural salt substitutes)

  1. A substance that tastes salty and stands in for table salt (which is mostly sodium chloride) but contains substantially less sodium; usually somewhere between half as much and nearly zero.

Forms of salt substitute

pluralsalt substitutes

Questions about salt substitute

What does salt substitute mean?
Salt substitute means a substance that tastes salty and stands in for table salt (which is mostly sodium chloride) but contains substantially less sodium; usually somewhere between half as much and nearly zero.
What part of speech is salt substitute?
Salt substitute is a noun.
What is the plural of salt substitute?
The plural of salt substitute is salt substitutes.

Words near salt substitute in the dictionary

  1. salt spray test
  2. salt spray tests
  3. salt sprays
  4. salt stick
  5. salt sticks
  6. salt substitute
  7. salt substitutes
  8. salt tectonics
  9. salt the earth
  10. salt the mine
  11. salt tree

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