SALTINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does saltiness mean? 

• SALTINESS (noun)
  The noun SALTINESS has 3 senses:

1. language or humor that is down-to-earth

2. the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth

3. the property of containing salt (as a compound or in solution)

  Familiarity information: SALTINESS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SALTINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Language or humor that is down-to-earth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

coarseness; saltiness

Context example:

self-parody and saltiness riddled their core genre

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

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)

Derivation:

salty (engagingly stimulating or provocative)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

salinity; salt; saltiness

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

gustatory perception; gustatory sensation; taste; taste perception; taste sensation (the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus)

Derivation:

salty (one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of sea water)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The property of containing salt (as a compound or in solution)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

property (a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class)

Domain category:

solution (a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "saltiness"):

brininess; salinity (the relative proportion of salt in a solution)

brackishness (the quality of being salty, as the saltiness of water)

Derivation:

salty (containing or filled with salt)