NOUN | communication | saltiness, coarseness | language or humor that is down-to-earth |
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cognition | saltiness, salt, salinity | the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth | |
attribute | saltiness | the property of containing salt (as a compound or in solution) |
Meaning | language or humor that is down-to-earth. | |
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Synonym | coarseness | |
Broader | expressive style, style | A way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period |
Adjectives | salty | engagingly stimulating or provocative |
Meaning | The taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth. | |
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Synonyms | salt, salinity | |
Broader | taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception | The sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus |
Spanish | salinidad, salobridad, salsedumbre | |
Catalan | salabror, salinitat | |
Adjectives | salty | one of the four basic taste sensations |
Meaning | The property of containing salt (as a compound or in solution). | |
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Category | solution | A homogeneous mixture of two or more substances |
Narrower | brackishness | The quality of being salty, as the saltiness of water |
brininess, salinity | The relative proportion of salt in a solution | |
Broader | property | A basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class |
Spanish | salinidad | |
Catalan | salinitat | |
Adjectives | salty | containing or filled with salt |
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