adjective (comparative saltier, no superlative)
1 containing or tasting of salt:
salty food * salty sea air
compareSWEET
2 (old-fashioned) (of language or humour) amusing and sometimes slightly rude:
She has a salty sense of humour.
saltiness noun [U]:
She could taste the saltiness of her tears.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for salty is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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