What part of speech is salt?

Salt can be categorized as a noun, an adjective and a verb.

Parts of speech

Adjective
salt - (of speech) painful or bitter; "salt scorn"- Shakespeare; "a salt apology"
Verb
salt - add salt to
salt - preserve with salt; "people used to salt meats on ships"
salt - add zest or liveliness to; "She salts her lectures with jokes"
salt - sprinkle as if with salt; "the rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps"
Noun
salt - a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
salt - the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth
salt - white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
salt - negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics opened in 1969 in Helsinki designed to limit both countries' stock of nuclear weapons

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1.	verb	People used to salt meats on ships.
2.	adj.	Salt scorn.
3.	adj.	A salt apology.
4.	noun	Pools The Mariner of the Seas and Liberty both had salt water pools - which most cruise ships have.
5.	noun	However if there is a high level of sodium chloride (common salt) that can break down the chorion (shell) around the egg and allow critters to get in and eat the yoke and embryo.).
6.	noun	"Pass me the salt, please." "Here you are."
7.	noun	I seasoned the fish with salt and pepper.
8.	noun	Rub salt in the wound.
9.	noun	Low-lying lands will flood. This means that people will be left homeless and their crops will be destroyed by the salt water.
10.	noun	Wit is to conversation what salt is to food.
11.	noun	Maintaining a high salt diet may contribute to high blood pressure.
12.	noun	Did you put in any salt?
13.	noun	Would you be kind enough to pass the salt?
14.	noun	Pass me the salt, please.
15.	noun	Will you pass me the salt?
16.	noun	If you are done with the salt, please pass it to me.
17.	noun	Pass me the salt, will you?
18.	noun	Would you pass me the salt?

Sentence
verb
People used to salt meats on ships.
adj.
Salt scorn.
A salt apology.
noun
Pools The Mariner of the Seas and Liberty both had salt water pools - which most cruise ships have.
However if there is a high level of sodium chloride (common salt) that can break down the chorion (shell) around the egg and allow critters to get in and eat the yoke and embryo.).
"Pass me the salt, please." "Here you are."
I seasoned the fish with salt and pepper.
Rub salt in the wound.
Low-lying lands will flood. This means that people will be left homeless and their crops will be destroyed by the salt water.
Wit is to conversation what salt is to food.
Maintaining a high salt diet may contribute to high blood pressure.
Did you put in any salt?
Would you be kind enough to pass the salt?
Pass me the salt, please.
Will you pass me the salt?
If you are done with the salt, please pass it to me.
Pass me the salt, will you?
Would you pass me the salt?

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