salinity
1. the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth • Syn: salt, saltiness • Derivationally related forms: salty (for: saltiness), salty (for: salt), salt (for: salt) • Hypernyms: taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception 2. the relative proportion of salt in a solution • Syn: brininess • Derivationally related forms: saline, briny (for: brininess) • Hypernyms: saltiness
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