Dictionary Check: salient
"salient" is a valid word!
Scrabble
7
points
Words with Friends
9
points
Definition
adjective
having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
Example:
"an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"
adjective
(of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees
adjective
represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward)
noun
(military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy
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