salt down (English, verb)
expansion: salt down (third-person singular simple present salts down, present participle salting down, simple past and past participle salted down)
expansion: (transitive)
Senses:
qualifier: strictly
glosses: To salt (something) to slow decomposition, such as to prepare food, treat wood or preserve a corpse.
tags: dated
transitive
glosses: To salt (something).
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: salts down
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: salting down
tags: participle
present
form: salted down
tags: participle
past
form: salted down
tags: past