salter

1 of 2

noun

salt·​er ˈsȯltə(r) 

chiefly British ˈsäl-

plural -s

1

a

: one that manufactures or deals in salt

b

British : drysalter

2

[salt entry 2 + -er] : one that salts something (as meat, fish, cheese, hides) to season or preserve it

3

: a vessel or trough in which meat is salted

4

: a brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) that has become catadromous

salter

2 of 2

comparative of salt

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Old English sealtere, from sealt salt + -ere -er

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Rhymes for salter

• altar
• alter
• falter
• halter
• psalter
• defaulter