The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SALT which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Mineral sprinkled on icy roads crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SALT | 100 % | 4 |
Why may SALT be the right solution?
Salt is commonly used to melt ice on roads because it lowers the freezing point of water. When salt is sprinkled on icy roads, it dissolves in the thin layer of water that forms on top of the ice, creating a saltwater solution that has a lower freezing point than plain water. This causes the ice to melt and helps to prevent further ice from forming.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Mineral sprinkled on icy roads
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Crossword Answer definitions
SALT noun- A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.
- One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.
- A salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea.
- A sailor (also old salt).
- Randomly chosen bytes added to a plaintext message prior to encrypting or hashing it, in order to render brute-force decryption more difficult.
- A person who seeks employment at a company in order to (once employed by it) help unionize it.
- Flavour; taste; seasoning.
- Piquancy; wit; sense.
- A dish for salt at table; a salt cellar.
- Skepticism and common sense.
- Indignation; outrage; arguing.
- To add salt to.
- To deposit salt as a saline solution.
- To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber.
- To insert or inject something into an object to give it properties it would not naturally have.
- To include colorful language in.
- To add filler bytes before encrypting, in order to make brute-force decryption more resource-intensive.
- Salty; salted.
- Saline.
- Related to salt deposits, excavation, processing or use.
- Bitter; sharp; pungent.
- Salacious; lecherous; lustful; (of animals) in heat.
- Costly; expensive.
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