salting

English edit

Verb edit

salting

present participle and gerund of salt

Noun edit

salting (countable and uncountable, plural saltings)

(uncountable) The act of sprinkling salt, either on food, or on an icy road.
(countable) A salt marsh.
- 1967, J. A. Baker, The Peregrine, page 41:
  Saltings ringing with the redshank's cry.
(uncountable) The act of tampering with an investigation site by adding bogus evidence.
(UK, historical) The celebration of the Eton montem.

Hyponyms edit

(computing): password salting

Derived terms edit

salting out

Translations edit

act

Finnish: suolaus (fi)
Galician: salgadura (gl) f
Irish: sailleadh m
Polish: solenie (pl) n
Portuguese: salga (pt) f
Spanish: salazón (es) f

act of adding bogus evidence

Spanish: siembra de evidencia f

salt marsh — see salt marsh

References edit

salting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams edit

Gatlins, lasting, slating, staling

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