salty
/ˈsɒl.ti/adj
ElementaryNot in standard dictionaries
1
Tasting of salt.
2
Containing salt.
3
Coarse; provocative; earthy.
4
Experienced, especially used to indicate a veteran of the naval services; salty dog (from salt of the sea).
5
Irritated, annoyed, angry, bitter.
6
Pertaining to the Sardinian language and those dialects of Catalan, spoken in the Balearic Islands and along the coast of Catalonia, that use definitive articles descended from the Latin ipse (“self”) instead of the Latin ille (“that”).
Thesaurus
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing
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