bitter lake

American  

noun

1. a salt lake containing in solution a high concentration of sulfates, carbonates, and chlorides.

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Etymology

Origin of bitter lake

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

The Lonhāre take their name from Lonār Mehkar, the well-known bitter lake of the Buldāna District, whose salt they may formerly have refined.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)

Weep thy fill!Though sorrow like a cataract drench the fields,And make the earth one bitter lake of tears,It would not be enough. 

From The Duchess of Padua by Wilde, Oscar

She sleeps, monsieur, in the white sands of Ismailia, beside the bitter lake.

From The Mission Of Mr. Eustace Greyne 1905 by Hichens, Robert Smythe