The word salt has a number of meanings:

• In chemistry, a salt is a neutral compound composed of ions.
• In general usage salt refers to edible salt which is sodium chloride.
• Salt, Girona is a municipality of over 20,000 people in Gironès comarca, Girona province, Catalonia, Spain.
• Salt is a small and ancient town in Jordan - the English word sultana is thought to derive from its name.
• Salt is also a term associated with cryptography
• SALT I and SALT II were Cold War arms control agreements
• SALT can also stand for the Southern African Large Telescope
• Salt-N-Pepa is an all female hip hop trio.