[
  {
    "word": "salt",
    "phonetic": "/s\u0254lt/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/s\u0254lt/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/s\u0252lt/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/salt-uk.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1935417"
      },
      {
        "text": "/s\u0251lt/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/salt-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1157598",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A sailor (also old salt).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Randomly chosen bytes added to a plaintext message prior to encrypting or hashing it, in order to render brute-force decryption more difficult.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A person who seeks employment at a company in order to (once employed by it) help unionize it.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Flavour; taste; seasoning.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Piquancy; wit; sense.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Attic salt"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A dish for salt at table; a salt cellar.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Skepticism and common sense.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Indignation; outrage; arguing.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To add salt to.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to salt fish, beef, or pork; to salt the city streets in the winter"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To deposit salt as a saline solution.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The brine begins to salt."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To insert or inject something into an object to give it properties it would not naturally have.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To include colorful language in.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To add filler bytes before encrypting, in order to make brute-force decryption more resource-intensive.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": [
          "desalt"
        ]
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Salty; salted.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "salt beef;\u00a0 salt tears"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Saline.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a salt marsh;\u00a0 salt grass"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Related to salt deposits, excavation, processing or use.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The salt factory is a key connecting element in the seawater infrastructure."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Bitter; sharp; pungent.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Salacious; lecherous; lustful; (of animals) in heat.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Costly; expensive.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salt"
    ]
  }
]