salting

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of salt

noun

  1. (uncountable) The act of sprinkling salt, either on food, or on an icy road.
  2. (countable) A salt marsh.
    Saltings ringing with the redshank's cry. 1967, J. A. Baker, The Peregrine, page 41
  3. (uncountable) The act of tampering with an investigation site by adding bogus evidence.
  4. (UK, historical) The celebration of the Eton montem.

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