salts
The plural of "salt" is salts.
Most English nouns form the plural by adding -s, and salt follows this rule.
Meaning: a white substance used to flavor food, or a chemical compound (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
Use a plural verb with salts: the salts are. The possessive plural adds only an apostrophe: salts'.
How do you pronounce it?
salt is pronounced /sɒlt/. The plural ending sounds like /s/.
What mistakes should you avoid?
For the cooking ingredient, salt is uncountable. salts are chemical compounds or products like bath salts.
Did you know?
- Only a handful of English nouns still form the plural without -s, among them men, feet, teeth and children.
Examples in context
- Add a pinch of salt.The singular sentence is the same.
- The shop sells bath salts.Singular: The shop sells bath salt.
