SALTER (salter)

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected form: salter   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does salter mean? 

• SALTER (noun)
  The noun SALTER has 2 senses:

1. someone who uses salt to preserve meat or fish or other foods

2. someone who makes or deals in salt

  Familiarity information: SALTER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SALTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who uses salt to preserve meat or fish or other foods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("salter" is a kind of...):

preserver (a cook who preserves fruits or meat)

Derivation:

salt (preserve with salt)

salt (add salt to)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who makes or deals in salt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

salt merchant; salter

Hypernyms ("salter" is a kind of...):

merchandiser; merchant (a businessperson engaged in retail trade)