salt lick

salt lick

See also: saltlick

English

Alternative forms

• saltlick

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 m, zoutsteen m Finnish: nuolukivi (fi) French: pierre à lécher f

German: Salzlecke (de) f, Leckstein m Polish: lizawka Spanish: salegar (es) m Swedish: saltsten c

Further reading

• Mineral lick on Wikipedia.Wikipedia