unsalted

adjective

un·​salt·​ed ˌən-ˈsȯl-təd How to pronounce unsalted (audio)
: not treated, provided, or seasoned with salt : not salted
unsalted butter
unsalted chicken broth
unplowed and unsalted roads

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These Million Dollar Chocolate Chip Cookies Are the Best Version of the Classic Cook Mode (Keep screen awake) Ingredients 1 cup unsalted butter 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 1 tsp. Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Jan. 2025 American Vanilla Buttercream: for stacking layers 20 tablespoons softened unsalted butter 2 cups confectioners sugar pinch of salt 1 teaspoon good vanilla extract Whip the butter until very light and fluffy. The Enquirer, 3 Jan. 2025 Choosing unsalted varieties is usually important for kidney health.5 Examples of nuts and nut butters are:6 Almond butter Almonds Hazelnuts Macadamia nuts Peanut butter Peanuts Pecans Sunflower seed butter 6. Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 2 Dec. 2024 This means the Tar Heels are considering replacing 73-year-old Mack Brown with a 72-year-old NFL lifer with about as much charisma as a bag of unsalted potato chips. Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unsalted 

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unsalted was in the 15th century

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“Unsalted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unsalted. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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