saltiness

nounB2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speech — salt sits at #1,562neutral

Saltiness is the quality that comes from the seasoning mineral. Judge the saltiness.

It is one of the five basic tastes and the only one from a simple mineral. Saltiness also makes other flavours louder, which is why a bland dish is often just under-salted.

Definitions of saltiness

1nounsaltinessThe quality that comes from the seasoning mineral.B2
“The saltiness of the cheese carried the whole dish.”

saltiness is a taste.

Where it comes from

Proto-Indo-European
*sḗh₂l
Middle English
salti
English
salty
English, today
saltiness

From salty + -ness. salty comes from Middle English salti. Equivalent to salt + y. Compare stq soaltig (“salty”), West Frisian sâltich (“salty”), Dutch zoutig (“salty”), German Low German soltig (“salty”), German salzig (“salty”). coarse; irritated, annoyed Referencing the sharp, 'spicy' flavor of salt.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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saltiness in the wild

Salinity () is the saltiness or amount of salt dissolved in a body of water, called saline water (see also soil salinity).
Salinity
Ageusia is the loss of taste functions of the tongue, particularly the inability to detect sweetness, sourness, bitterness, saltiness, and umami (meaning 'savory taste').
Ageusia
The flavor is similar in saltiness and fishiness to that of European cured anchovies, but with a different texture.
Shiokara
The range of "saltiness" varies greatly, from near freshwater to near marine and is often referred to as specific gravity (SG) or salinity.
Brackish-water aquarium
The size of lithium and potassium ions is most similar to that of sodium, and so their saltiness is most similar.
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