salt lick

noun

: lick sense 3

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This tapir has a face full of mud after feeding at a natural salt lick. — Discover Staff, Discover Magazine, 16 May 2016 The sure-footed climber has been observed hoofing up to 18 miles to get to a salt lick. — Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Oct. 2022 Plus, with a salt lick and waterhole directly in front of the villa’s pool, wildlife will come right to you. — Chris Liebenberg, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2025 The agency also found some of their fences in disrepair and their salt licks — which provide cattle with essential minerals — too close to creeks and springs, drawing the animals into those habitats. — Jimmy Tobias, ProPublica, 3 Dec. 2025 This southern Virginia city settled in the Blue Ridge Mountains was once a salt lick where trails left by Indigenous People and animals crossed in the center of the valley. — Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 24 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1751, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of salt lick was in 1751

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“Salt lick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salt%20lick. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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salt lick

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: lick entry 2 sense 3
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