salting
Preserving with crystals
Salting is the act of applying salt to something.
Food is salted for flavor or preservation: The salting of fish kept it edible through winter.
Roads are salted to melt ice.
In computing and cryptography, salting adds random data to a password before hashing it, making the encrypted result harder to crack.
To salt a mine or dataset is to seed it with false valuables to deceive.
Restoring health or preserving
- briningSaltwater soaking for meat
- smokingInhaling burning tobacco
- dryingMoisture removal process
- picklingAcid preservation process
fermentation · jerky · charcuterie · prosciutto · biltong · pemmican · gravlax · bacalao
Saltwater soaking for meat
- curingRestoring health or preserving
- seasoningSubstance improving food taste
- tenderizingMaking food less tough
- kosheringMaking food ritually fit
rub · marinade · basting · meat · fish · poultry · pork · beef
Removing frozen accumulation
- grittingTightening jaw resolutely
- winterYear's coldest quarter
- snowplowVehicle clearing frozen precipitation
- spreaderTool for distribution
traction · slippery · freeze-thaw · pavement · highway · corrosion · runoff · municipal
Appetizing, not sweet
- umamiFifth taste sensation
- tasteFlavor perception ability
- enhancementIncrease in quality
- palateOral cavity ceiling
seasoning · sodium · minerals · brininess · tang · depth · balance · intensity
Removal of contaminants
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
- protectionGuarding against harm
- exorcismRitual to expel demons
offering · threshold · covenant · ceremony · tradition · sacred · cleansing · warding
Ore excavation site
- depositPlace for safekeeping
- extractionAct of removing
- brineWater saturated with sodium
- evaporationLiquid turning to gas
halite · quarry · Wieliczka · Salzburg · mineral · crystallization · harvesting · flats
curing
Restoring health or preserving
pickling · fermentation · jerky · charcuterie · prosciutto · biltong · pemmican · gravlax · bacalao · sauerkraut
brining
Saltwater soaking for meat
- curingRestoring health or preserving
- seasoningSubstance improving food taste
- tenderizingMaking food less tough
koshering · rub · marinade · basting · meat · fish · poultry · pork · beef · lamb
deicing
Removing frozen accumulation
- grittingTightening jaw resolutely
- winterYear's coldest quarter
- snowplowVehicle clearing frozen precipitation
spreader · traction · slippery · freeze-thaw · pavement · highway · corrosion · runoff · municipal · maintenance
savory
Appetizing, not sweet
- umamiFifth taste sensation
- tasteFlavor perception ability
- enhancementIncrease in quality
palate · seasoning · sodium · minerals · brininess · tang · depth · balance · intensity · mouthfeel
purification
Removal of contaminants
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
- protectionGuarding against harm
exorcism · offering · threshold · covenant · ceremony · tradition · sacred · cleansing · warding · sanctification
mine
Ore excavation site
- depositPlace for safekeeping
- extractionAct of removing
- brineWater saturated with sodium
evaporation · halite · quarry · Wieliczka · Salzburg · mineral · crystallization · harvesting · flats
- traditional cookingcast iron, wood fire, clay pot, brick oven, mortar and pestle
- buttermakingbutter churn, churn, churning, dasher, butter mold
- herring industryherring, pickled herring, smoked herring, kippered herring, kippers
- nut processingshelling, roasting, cracking, blanching, grinding
- kasheringtevilah, soaking, purging, boiling
- fishing industrycommercial fishing, fishing fleet, fishing vessels, fishing ports, fishing port
saltingsugaring
Coating with sweetener
sweetening · desalting · rinsing · honeying · freshening
saltingrotting
Organic matter decomposing
freshening · hydrating · freezing · spoiling · decomposing
- salting awayStoring for future use
- salting meatSodium preservation of flesh
- salting roadsApplying de-icer to pavement
- salting the mineFraudulently enriching barren ground