salt water

American  

noun

1. water containing a large amount of salt.

2. seawater.

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Etymology

Origin of salt water

before 1000; Middle English; Old English

Example Sentences

I should have known Mom wouldn’t willingly swim in salt water.

From Literature

“The stars,” Llewelyn said, choking on salt water.

From Literature

Their hands, arms and legs bore wounds caused by the salt water.

From Barron's

She compares herself to Lot’s wife, writing: “I am she, all salt. I imagine there are salt streaks down my cheeks and salt deposits on my lashes. And the dark circles beneath my eyes grow steadily deeper, as though the salt water of my tears is slowly eroding away the surface of my skin.”

From The Wall Street Journal

As it bent southeast toward the coast it mingled with salt water flowing in from the sea, adding clams and river prawns to the bounty it brought our people right here in the floodplains of the Lower Volta.

From Literature