Chef’s sprinkle Crossword Clue

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Chef’s sprinkle Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth
2. negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics opened in 1969 in Helsinki designed to limit both countries’ stock of nuclear weapons
(verb)
1. add salt to
2. add zest or liveliness to
(adjective)
1. (of speech) painful or bitter

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SPRINKLE (noun)
1. a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
2. the act of sprinkling or splashing water
SPRINKLE (verb)
1. rain gently
2. cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force
CHEF (noun)
1. a professional cook

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