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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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Origin of salt flat

First recorded in 1870–75

Words nearby salt flat

salt cake, salt cedar, salt chuck, salt cod, salt dome, salt flat, salt gland, salt glaze, salt grass, salt hay, salt horse
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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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