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salt flat

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noun

an extensive level tract coated with salt deposits left by evaporation of rising ground water or a temporary body of surface water.

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  1. salt cake,
  2. salt cedar,
  3. salt chuck,
  4. salt cod,
  5. salt dome,
  6. salt gland,
  7. salt glaze,
  8. salt grass,
  9. salt hay,
  10. salt horse
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Origin of salt flat

First recorded in 1870–75
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British Dictionary definitions for salt flat

salt flat

noun

a flat expanse of salt left by the total evaporation of a body of water
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