Curer (4 letters)

{ Answer }

SALT

{ Related Clues }

Mariner
NaCl
Preserve
Pungency
1972 pact
Ancient mariner
___ away (save)
Brine feature
Dash in the kitchen
Ionic compound
Kitchen staple
Margarita go-with
Marine vet
Old tar
Pepper's partner
A pinch, maybe
Portuguese export
Preserve, in a way
Pretzel topper
Pungent humor
Put (away)
"S" shaker
Sea dog
Seasoned sailor
Shaker grains
Sinbad or Popeye
Skeptic's grain
Snow melter
Sodium chloride
Table staple
Tar or condiment
Treaty acronym
Arms-talk acronym
Highway department supply
It's often pinched
Lox-maker's need
U.S.-U.S.S.R. talks
Word with box or flat
Margarita glass rim coating
No-no of some diets
'Tis the seasoning to be chary of
It may be added in a dash

{ Tags }

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{ Notes }

The answer SALT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 80 puzzles.

{ Definition }

SALT as a noun:

1. a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)

2. (salt, table salt, common salt) = white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food

3. (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, 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

4. (salt, saltiness, salinity) = the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth

SALT as a verb:

1. add salt to

2. sprinkle as if with salt; "the rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps"

3. add zest or liveliness to; "She salts her lectures with jokes"

4. preserve with salt; "people used to salt meats on ships"

SALT as an adjective:

1. (of speech) painful or bitter; "salt scorn"- Shakespeare; "a salt apology"

2. (salty, salt) = one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of sea water