salt

/sɔːlt/, /sɒlt/ noun [U]

Translation

› a white substance used to add flavour to food

tuz

salt and pepper Pass the salt, please.868

take sth with a pinch of salt UK ( US take sth with a grain of salt) › to not completely believe something that someone tells you

ihtiyatla yaklaşmak; hemen balıklama atlamamak, temkinli davranmak

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(Definition of salt noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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