salt lick

See also: saltlick

English

Alternative forms

• saltlick

Etymology

From salt +‎ lick.

Noun

salt lick (plural salt licks)

1. A block of salt, often enriched with other minerals, licked by herd animals to supplement their diet.
2. A natural source of such minerals licked by animals.

Related terms

• mineral lick

Translations

block of salt

• Czech: liz (cs)
• Dutch: liksteen (nl) m, zoutsteen m
• Finnish: nuolukivi (fi)
• French: pierre à lécher (fr) f
• German: Salzlecke (de) f, Leckstein m
• Polish: lizawka (pl) f
• Spanish: salegar (es) m
• Swedish: saltsten c

See also

• saltstone

Further reading

• Mineral lick on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Catskill