"salt lick" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: salt licks [plural]
Etymology: From salt + lick. Etymology templates: {{com|en|salt|lick}} salt + lick Head templates: {{en-noun}} salt lick (plural salt licks)
  1. A block of salt, often enriched with other minerals, licked by herd animals to supplement their diet. Categories (topical): Animal foods Synonyms: saltlick Related terms: mineral lick, saltstone Translations (block of salt): liz (Czech), liksteen [masculine] (Dutch), zoutsteen [masculine] (Dutch), nuolukivi (Finnish), pierre à lécher [feminine] (French), Salzlecke [feminine] (German), Leckstein [masculine] (German), lizawka [feminine] (Polish), salegar [masculine] (Spanish), saltsten [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-salt_lick-en-noun-NbMvs2lK Disambiguation of Animal foods: 62 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of 'block of salt': 100 0
  2. A natural source of such minerals licked by animals.
    Sense id: en-salt_lick-en-noun-C8hAzNTj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 55 45

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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