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# salty

«salty» in Mova's school dictionary: **tasting of salt or having salt in it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (salty, saltier, saltiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Salty means tasting of salt or having salt in it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salty/#m1)

2) Salty (informal) can mean a bit rude or cross: a salty reply. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salty/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a word of the story; describes food or water; carries no number. In science: seawater is salty, rivers are fresh; salty water is denser so things float better in it. In health: salty snacks make you thirsty. In stories: the salty sea air.

### examples

- She bought 3 bags of salty chips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salty/#x1)
- The salty snacks cost $2 each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salty/#x2)
- The sea is salty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salty/#x3)
- He drank 2 glasses of water after the salty soup. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salty/#x4)
- Salty food makes you thirsty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salty/#x5)
- An egg floats in very salty water but sinks in fresh water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salty/#x6)
- We smelled the salty sea air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salty/#x7)
- The chips were too salty to eat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salty/#x8)
- Tears taste a little salty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salty/#x9)
- He blinked his eyes hard to keep out the salty perspiration streaming down his face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salty/#x10)

### note

Describes a thing; carries no clue. Trap: none. Comparison: salty, saltier, saltiest. Opposite of salty water: fresh water. Eating many salty snacks is not healthy.

### In the corpora

- [The Dead Sea is so salty that people float on it like corks; salty water holds you up more than fresh water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/6-mixing-and-dissolving/9/)
- [When salty water evaporates, the salt stays behind as crystals; sea salt is made this way in sunny places.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/8-separating-mixtures/8/)
- [Onions, garlic, chocolate, grapes, very salty food and the sweetener xylitol can make pets very ill.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/287-pets-farm-and-wild-animals-safely/11/)
- [Salty water pushes up harder than fresh water, which is why you float more easily in the sea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/11-floating-and-sinking/4/)
- [When a ship sails from a river into the salty sea, it floats a little higher, because salty water pushes up harder.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/42-olympiad-forces-floating-and-machines/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «salty» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salty/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.