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1 a: something kept hidden or unexplained : mystery b: something kept from the knowledge of others or shared only confidentially with a few c: a method, formula, or process used in an art or operation and divulged only to those of one's own company or craft : trade secret d:plural : the practices or knowledge making up the shared discipline or culture of an esoteric society2: a prayer traditionally said inaudibly by the celebrant just before the preface of the mass3: something taken to be a specific or key to a desired end — in secret : in a private place or manner

1 a: a crystalline compound NaCl that consists of sodium chloride, is abundant in nature, and is used especially to season or preserve food or in industry —called also common salt b: a substance (as Glauber's salt) resembling common salt cplural (1): a mineral or saline mixture (as Epsom salts) used as an aperient or cathartic (2): smelling salts d: any of various compounds that result from replacement of part or all of the acid hydrogen of an acid by a metal or a group acting like a metal : an ionic crystalline compound 2: a container for salt at table —often used in the phrases above the salt and below the salt alluding to the former custom of seating persons of higher rank above and those of lower rank below a saltcellar placed in the middle of a long table 3a: an ingredient that gives savor, piquancy, or zest : flavor < a people…full of life, vigor, and the salt of personality — Clifton Fadiman > b: sharpness of wit : pungency c: common sense d: reserve, skepticism —usually used in the phrases with a grain of salt and with a pinch of salt e: a dependable steadfast person or group of people —usually used in the phrase salt of the earth4: sailor < a tale worthy of an old salt > 5: keep 3 —usually used in the phrase worth one's salt