salt lick

noun

a place to which animals go to lick naturally occurring salt deposits.

a block of salt or salt preparation provided, as in a pasture, for cattle, horses, etc.

Origin of salt lick

An Americanism dating back to 1735–45

Words nearby salt lick

saltish, salt junk, salt lake, Salt Lake City, saltless, salt lick, salt-losing nephritis, salt marsh, salt-marsh caterpillar, salt mine, saltness

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Example sentences from the Web for salt lick

The Wolf could have run alongside, and wed have reached the salt-lick quicker than we seem likely to do at this rate.
The Pioneer Boys on the Missouri|Harrison Adams
So we trailed the Shawnees, us two, and come up with them one night encamped beside a salt-lick.
The Path of the King|John Buchan
Im the scout who was to leave word at the salt-lick; and my name is Jasper Williams!
The Pioneer Boys on the Missouri|Harrison Adams
The ambush by the salt-lick or water-hole, however, is his favourite method of sport.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India|Edgar Thurston

There was that salt-lick we ran across two days ago; why, from the marks, thousands of deer and buffalo must visit it every year.
The Pioneer Boys of the Ohio|Harrison Adams

British Dictionary definitions for salt lick

salt lick

noun

a place where wild animals go to lick naturally occurring salt deposits

a block of salt or a salt preparation given to domestic or farm animals to lick

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	salt lick
释义	salt lick noun a place to which animals go to lick naturally occurring salt deposits. a block of salt or salt preparation provided, as in a pasture, for cattle, horses, etc. Origin of salt lick An Americanism dating back to 1735–45 Words nearby salt lick saltish, salt junk, salt lake, Salt Lake City, saltless, salt lick, salt-losing nephritis, salt marsh, salt-marsh caterpillar, salt mine, saltness Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for salt lick The Wolf could have run alongside, and wed have reached the salt-lick quicker than we seem likely to do at this rate. The Pioneer Boys on the Missouri\|Harrison Adams So we trailed the Shawnees, us two, and come up with them one night encamped beside a salt-lick. The Path of the King\|John Buchan Im the scout who was to leave word at the salt-lick; and my name is Jasper Williams! The Pioneer Boys on the Missouri\|Harrison Adams The ambush by the salt-lick or water-hole, however, is his favourite method of sport. Castes and Tribes of Southern India\|Edgar Thurston There was that salt-lick we ran across two days ago; why, from the marks, thousands of deer and buffalo must visit it every year. The Pioneer Boys of the Ohio\|Harrison Adams British Dictionary definitions for salt lick salt lick noun a place where wild animals go to lick naturally occurring salt deposits a block of salt or a salt preparation given to domestic or farm animals to lick Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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