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Definition of "sal" [‖Sal•sal]

  • Salt. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "sal" in a sentence
  • "Second Book rendering _salis avarus_ by _de sal avariento_ -- the second person singular of the present indicative of the verb _salire_ being mistaken for the genitive of the substantive _sal_ [271] -- we may perhaps conclude that a boyish exercise has somehow escaped destruction."
  • "Our word "salary" comes from the Latin word sal meaning salt!"
  • "The soldier comes from the Latin word sal dare (to give salt)."
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