salt meaning in Tamil
உப்பு uppu
/sɔlt//sɒlt/
salt in Tamil: உப்பு (uppu), லவண (lavaṇa), உப்பாக (uppāka), உவர்ப்பு (uvarppu). In English, salt means a common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a food ingredient, seasoning, condiment, and preservative.
Tamil words for salt
- sodium chloride
- உப்பு uppu, லவண lavaṇa
- salty
- உப்பாக uppāka, உவர்ப்பு uvarppu, உப்பு கரிக்க uppu karikka
- saline
- உப்பாக uppāka, உவர்ப்பு uvarppu
- to add salt to
- உப்பு சேர் uppu cēr, உப்பிடு uppiṭu
English meaning of salt
- noun A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a food ingredient, seasoning, condiment, and preservative.
- noun One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.
- noun A salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea.
- noun A sailor (also old salt).
salt in a sentence
- Near-synonyms: table salt, rock salt, road salt
- Any politician's statements must be taken with a grain of salt, but his need to be taken with a whole shaker of salt.
- There was so much salt in that thread about the poor casting decision.
Synonyms of salt
salt in other languages
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Questions about salt in Tamil
- What is the meaning of salt in Tamil?
- Salt in Tamil is உப்பு (uppu), லவண (lavaṇa), உப்பாக (uppāka), உவர்ப்பு (uvarppu).
- salt என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
- Salt: உப்பு (uppu), லவண (lavaṇa), உப்பாக (uppāka), உவர்ப்பு (uvarppu).
- What does salt mean in English?
- Salt means a common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a food ingredient, seasoning, condiment, and preservative.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: salt (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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