oversalt

verb

Etymology

From over- + salt.

  1. inherited from *sḗh₂l — “salt
  2. inherited from *saltą
  3. inherited from *salt
  4. inherited from sealt
  5. inherited from salt
  6. formed as oversalt — “over- + salt

Definitions

  1. To add too much salt to (something)

    • On one occasion the caldo verde succeeded admirably, flavors and texture nicely balanced; on another, the sausage had unaccountably been omitted and the broth oversalted.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for oversalt. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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