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salt lick
noun
- a place to which animals go to lick naturally occurring salt deposits.
- a block of salt or salt preparation provided, as in a pasture, for cattle, horses, etc.
salt lick
noun
- a place where wild animals go to lick naturally occurring salt deposits
- a block of salt or a salt preparation given to domestic or farm animals to lick
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Origin of salt lick1
An Americanism dating back to 1735–45
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When I was a kid, my family put out a salt lick to attract deer.
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Previously the government has been accused of denying access to essential health services, grazing lands, water points and salt licks to compel the Maasai to move out of the area.
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The report recommended the “urgent and immediate” supply of water and salt licks — a source of minerals — in the ecosystems affected by the drought.
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Thousands of years before its use by bipeds, the path was tamped down by what historians believe to be bison headed to the salt licks around Nashville.
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The sure-footed climber has been observed hoofing up to 18 miles to get to a salt lick.
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