Verb

• S: (v) salt (add salt to)
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• S: (v) salt (sprinkle as if with salt) "the rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps"
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• S: (v) salt (add zest or liveliness to) "She salts her lectures with jokes"
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• S: (v) salt (preserve with salt) "people used to salt meats on ships"
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• S: (v) preserve, keep (prevent (food) from rotting) "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh"
• S: (v) freeze-dry (preserve by rapid freezing and subsequently drying in a vacuum) "freeze-dry the strawberries"
• S: (v) conserve (preserve with sugar) "Mom always conserved the strawberries we grew in the backyard"
• S: (v) dehydrate, desiccate (preserve by removing all water and liquids from) "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip"
• S: (v) pickle (preserve in a pickling liquid)
• S: (v) salt (preserve with salt) "people used to salt meats on ships"
• S: (v) can, tin, put up (preserve in a can or tin) "tinned foods are not very tasty"
• S: (v) refrigerate (preserve by chilling) "many foods must be refrigerated or else they will spoil"
• S: (v) cure (prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve) "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay"
• S: (v) corn (preserve with salt) "corned beef"
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Adjective

• S: (adj) salted, salt-cured, brine-cured ((used especially of meats) preserved in salt)