1. The act of adding salt to food
   "The chef recommended light salting to enhance the dish's natural flavours"
    
2. [Brit] Land regularly flooded by seawater
   "The sheep grazed on the coastal saltings"

1. (cooking) add salt to
   "She salted the stew generously"
    
2. (cooking) preserve with salt
   "people used to salt meats on ships"
    
3. Sprinkle as if with salt
   "the rebels had salted the fields with mines and traps"
    
4. Add zest or liveliness to
   "She salts her lectures with jokes"

Derived forms: saltings

Type of: flavor [US], flavour [Brit, Cdn], keep, preserve, seasoning, spice, spice up, splash, splosh [informal], sprinkle

Encyclopedia: Salting, George