salty taste
Ocean water sensation
Salty taste is one of the five basic tastes detected by the tongue, triggered primarily by sodium chloride and other salts.
It enhances flavor and signals the presence of essential minerals: The salty taste of the broth was comforting.
Unlike sweet or bitter, saltiness has a narrow pleasant range—too little tastes flat, too much becomes unpleasant.
- brinyStrongly of salt
- oceanMassive saltwater body
- seawaterSalty ocean fluid
- chipsThin fried slices
- potato chipsThin fried tuber slices
French fries · pretzels · pretzel bites · tears · sweat · pickled · cured · sodium · tongue · crispy · bacon · cured meats · anchovies · olives · soy sauce · thirst · mineral · brackish
- sensessight, smell, hearing, touch, vision
- coastal sensationssea breeze, sea spray, crashing waves, coastal fog, cool breeze
- chemical sensessmell, olfaction, gustation, tongue, nose
- taste disorders
- Ayurvedaayurveda, dosha, doshas, pitta, agni
salty tastesweet taste
Sugary flavor sensation
sweetness · sweet · unsalted · sour taste · sourness
salty tastebland
Lacking distinctive qualities
tasteless · blandness · flavorless · unseasoned · plain
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