Definition of Saltine

1. Noun. A cracker sprinkled with salt before baking.

Generic synonyms: Cracker

Definition of Saltine

1. Noun. (American English) A thin, crisp, salted, white-colored cracker, a soda cracker; the most common of all US crackers; (British) soda biscuit. ¹

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Definition of Saltine

1. a salted cracker [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saltine

saltie
saltier
saltiers
salties
saltiest
saltigradae
saltigrade
saltigrades
saltillo
saltillos
saltily
saltimbanco
saltimbancos
saltimbocca
saltimboccas
saltine (current term)
saltines
saltiness
saltinesses
salting
salting in
salting out
saltings
saltire
saltires
saltirewise
saltish
saltle
saltless
saltlick

Literary usage of Saltine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Travels on the Continent: Written for the Use and Particular Information of by Mariana Starke (1820)
"This river receives, in the vicinity of Brigg, the waters of the saltine, which come from the Simplon, together with those of ..."

2. Switzerland: Or, A Journal of a Tour and Residence in that Country, in the by Louis Simond (1823)
"The saltine has its source under it; all the passages across the Alps follow the course of some stream, as the Simplon road does of this torrent. ..."

3. Illustrations of the Passes of the Alps: By which Italy Communicates with by William Brockedon (1836)
"... the route again overhangs the deep ravine of the saltine, its depth being concealed in many places by the pines and larches which clothe the sides of ..."

4. Letters from Europe, Comprising the Journal of a Tour Through Ireland by Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter (1829)
"... OF THE GANTER AND saltine ARRIVAL AT BRIGUE. October, 1826.—We rose at 4 o'clock, on the morning of the llth, and took breakfast by candle-light. ..."

5. Switzerland, and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and the Tyrol by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1887)
"Other short-cuts farther on.) The road is soon joined ('/2 M.) by the old road from Oils (p. 285), on which lies the lofty saltine Bridge (Pont Napoléon, ..."

6. Travels on the Continent: Written for the Use and Particular Information of by Mariana Starke (1820)
"This river receives, in the vicinity of Brigg, the waters of the saltine, which come from the Simplon, together with those of ..."

7. Switzerland: Or, A Journal of a Tour and Residence in that Country, in the by Louis Simond (1823)
"The saltine has its source under it; all the passages across the Alps follow the course of some stream, as the Simplon road does of this torrent. ..."

8. Illustrations of the Passes of the Alps: By which Italy Communicates with by William Brockedon (1836)
"... the route again overhangs the deep ravine of the saltine, its depth being concealed in many places by the pines and larches which clothe the sides of ..."

9. Letters from Europe, Comprising the Journal of a Tour Through Ireland by Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter (1829)
"... OF THE GANTER AND saltine ARRIVAL AT BRIGUE. October, 1826.—We rose at 4 o'clock, on the morning of the llth, and took breakfast by candle-light. ..."

10. Switzerland, and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and the Tyrol by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1887)
"Other short-cuts farther on.) The road is soon joined ('/2 M.) by the old road from Oils (p. 285), on which lies the lofty saltine Bridge (Pont Napoléon, ..."

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