salt
/sɔːlt/noun
उच्चारण सॉल्ट
नमक; लवण
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Asked in previous papers
as idiom
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[U, C]
a white substance (sodium chloride) that is used to give flavour to food or to preserve it; (chemistry) a chemical compound formed when an acid reacts with a base
नमक; लवण
- a pinch of salt
- Add a little salt to the boiling water.
- Please pass the salt.
+ 2 more examples
- Sea water is full of salt.
- Too much salt is bad for your heart.
Synonyms sodium chloride table salt rock salt seasoning
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[T]
to put salt on or in food; (salt sth away) to save money for the future, especially secretly
नमक डालना; (धन) बचाकर रखना
- salted peanuts
- She salted the curry before serving it to the guests.
- She salted the chips and handed them round.
+ 2 more examples
- Fish was salted so that it would last through the winter.
- He salted away some money for his daughter's education.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
salt (uncountable)
In the kitchen, salt is uncountable; use a pinch of salt or a spoonful of salt, not a salt.
रसोई में 'salt' uncountable है; 'a pinch of salt' या 'a spoonful of salt' कहें, 'a salt' नहीं।
- Add a pinch of salt to the dal.
- Too much salt is bad for blood pressure.
salts (chemistry, countable)
In chemistry, a salt is a compound formed from an acid and a base, and it is countable.
रसायन में 'salt' अम्ल और क्षार से बना यौगिक है और countable है।
- Sodium chloride is the most common salt.
- Bath salts dissolve in water.
salt + sth (verb) / salt away
To salt food is to add salt to it; salt sth away means to save money, often secretly.
भोजन में 'salt' करने का अर्थ नमक डालना है; 'salt sth away' का अर्थ प्रायः चुपके से पैसे बचाना है।
- Salt the water before boiling the rice.
- He had salted away a lot of money.
idioms with salt
Take sth with a pinch of salt means do not believe it fully; the salt of the earth means a very good, ordinary person.
'Take sth with a pinch of salt' का अर्थ उस पर पूरा विश्वास न करना है; 'the salt of the earth' का अर्थ बहुत अच्छा साधारण व्यक्ति है।
- Take his promises with a pinch of salt.
- Our village postman is the salt of the earth.
salt + preposition (on, in, with)
Use on or in for where salt is put, and with for how food is seasoned.
नमक कहाँ डाला गया यह बताने के लिए 'on' या 'in' और भोजन कैसे मसालेदार किया गया यह बताने के लिए 'with' आता है।
- Sprinkle salt on the sliced cucumber.
- The fish was seasoned with salt and lemon.
+Collocations 5
salt + noun
waterlakemineshakermarsh
- The salt shaker was empty.
kind of salt
tablesearockiodisedblack
- Iodised salt prevents a disease of the thyroid.
verb + salt
addsprinklereducepasscut down on
- Doctors ask patients to cut down on salt.
measure of salt
a pinch ofa spoonful ofa grain ofa pile of
- Add a pinch of salt and stir.
salt + idiom
take with a pinch ofrub salt in the woundworth one's saltsalt of the earth
- Any teacher worth her salt will check your homework.
“More examples 6
- Mahatma Gandhi's Salt March reached Dandi in 1930.
महात्मा गांधी की नमक यात्रा 1930 में दांडी पहुँची।
- Radhika forgot to add salt to the curry.
राधिका करी में नमक डालना भूल गई।
- Fish are salted and dried by the sea.
समुद्र के किनारे मछलियों को नमक लगाकर सुखाया जाता है।
- The roads were salted to melt the ice.
बर्फ़ पिघलाने के लिए सड़कों पर नमक डाला गया।
- He told a story, and I took it with a pinch of salt.
उसने एक कहानी सुनाई, और मैंने उसे पूरा सच नहीं माना।
- The old man was the salt of the earth and helped every neighbour.
वह बूढ़ा व्यक्ति बहुत भला इंसान था और हर पड़ोसी की मदद करता था।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ Please give me a salt.
✓ Please give me some salt.
Salt is uncountable in cooking, so use some.
खाना पकाने में 'salt' uncountable है, इसलिए 'some' लगाएँ।
✗ There are too many salt in the soup.
✓ There is too much salt in the soup.
Use much and is with uncountable salt.
Uncountable 'salt' के साथ 'much' और 'is' आता है।
✗ He is the salt on the earth.
✓ He is the salt of the earth.
The idiom is fixed and uses of, not on.
यह मुहावरा स्थिर है और इसमें 'on' नहीं, 'of' आता है।
¶Idioms 5
the salt of the earth
a very good and honest person that you can always depend on
अत्यंत भला और ईमानदार व्यक्ति, समाज का सच्चा रत्न
- Our village headmaster was the salt of the earth; he helped every family he could.
- Farmers like him are the salt of the earth.
take sth with a pinch/grain of salt / take sth with a grain of salt
to be careful about believing that sth is completely true
किसी बात पर पूरा विश्वास न करना, संदेह के साथ लेना
- Take social media rumours about exam dates with a pinch of salt.
- I take his stories with a pinch of salt.
rub salt into the wound / sb's wounds
to make a difficult experience even more difficult for sb
जले पर नमक छिड़कना
- He failed and his friends rubbed salt into the wound by laughing.
- Raising fees after the floods rubbed salt into people's wounds.
worth your salt
deserving respect, especially because you do your job well
अपने काम में योग्य, सम्मान के योग्य
- Any teacher worth his salt knows his students' weaknesses.
- No journalist worth her salt would publish that rumour.
eat sb's salt
to be sb's guest or to depend on them for food and support, so that you owe them loyalty
किसी का नमक खाना
- I have eaten his salt, so I cannot betray him.
- The old servant had eaten the family's salt for forty years.
→Phrasal verbs 1
salt sth away
to save something, especially money, for the future, often secretly or dishonestly
(पैसा आदि) चुपके से जमा करके रखना
- He had salted away a fortune in foreign banks.
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Take sth with a pinch of salt (not completely believe something), the salt of the earth (a very good and honest person), worth your salt (good at your job), rub salt into the wound (make a bad situation worse).
Idioms बहुत पूछे जाते हैं: take sth with a pinch of salt (किसी बात पर पूरी तरह विश्वास न करना), the salt of the earth (बहुत अच्छा और ईमानदार व्यक्ति), worth your salt (अपने काम में अच्छा), rub salt into the wound (बुरी स्थिति को और बिगाड़ना, घाव पर नमक छिड़कना)।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
History GK: Gandhi's Salt March (Dandi March, 12 March to 6 April 1930) began the Civil Disobedience Movement.
इतिहास GK में गांधी के नमक सत्याग्रह (दांडी मार्च, 12 मार्च से 6 अप्रैल 1930) से सविनय अवज्ञा आंदोलन शुरू हुआ।
Science: common salt is sodium chloride (NaCl); a neutralization reaction (acid + base) forms salt and water.
विज्ञान में साधारण नमक sodium chloride (NaCl) है; उदासीनीकरण अभिक्रिया (अम्ल + क्षार) से लवण और पानी बनते हैं।