salt lake

American  

noun

1. a body of water having no outlet to the sea and containing in solution a high concentration of salts, especially sodium chloride.

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salt lake British  

noun

1. an inland lake of high salinity resulting from inland drainage in an arid area of high evaporation

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Etymology

Origin of salt lake

First recorded in 1755–65

Example Sentences

Wedding competed for Canada in the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, but did not win any medals.

From BBC

Wedding competed for his home country, Canada, in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

From Los Angeles Times

Wedding competed for Canada in snowboarding at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, finishing 24th in the parallel giant slalom.

From Barron's

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said in an interview with Salt Lake City’s Fox 13 News that the negotiations are “going to be difficult for every state” but that “it will be good to have us all in the room.”

From Los Angeles Times

Zanskar, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, said it can bypass finding these signatures altogether and unlock hidden troves of concentrated energy, as well as squeeze out more from known fields, all thanks to artificial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal