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αλμυρός — meaning in English

Almyros

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English meaning

  • briny adj Salty, or tasting or smelling like sea water.
  • salt noun A white crystalline substance used to season and preserve food, made mainly of sodium chloride.
  • salty adj Tasting of or containing salt.
  • savory adj Having a rich, appetizing flavour that is salty or spicy rather than sweet.

Senses

αλμυρός is used for these senses in English:

  • Almyros A city in Greece located in the Magnesia prefecture.
  • briny Of, pertaining to, resembling or containing brine; salty.
  • salt Treated with salt as a preservative; cured with salt, salted.
  • salty Tasting of salt.
  • savory Salty and/or spicy, but not sweet.

briny — full definition

  1. adj Salty, or tasting or smelling like sea water.
  2. noun The sea (informal, often literary).

salt — full definition

  1. noun A white crystalline substance used to season and preserve food, made mainly of sodium chloride.
  2. noun An experienced sailor (usually "old salt").
  3. verb To add salt to food, or to sprinkle something throughout for effect.

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