salt down
B2 neutral separable transitive
In simple words
To cover food with lots of salt to keep it fresh for a long time.
Literal meaning: To apply salt downward/onto food — fully transparent.
Meanings
1 B2 neutral
To preserve meat, fish, or vegetables by packing them in salt.
"My great-grandmother used to salt down a whole side of pork every autumn to last through winter."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Primarily a culinary or food-preservation term. Less common now that refrigeration is universal, but still used in traditional cooking, cheesemaking, and curing contexts.
Commonly used with
meat fish herring cabbage pork vegetables
Forms
Base
salt down
I/you/we/they
3rd person
salts down
he/she/it
Past simple
salted down
yesterday
Past participle
salted down
have + pp
-ing form
salting down
continuous
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