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salt out

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verb

  1. (adverb) chem to cause (a dissolved substance) to come out of solution by adding an electrolyte

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“Someone else gave us some rice, a little oil and some salt out of which we made a stew last night and ate that,” she said.

From Washington Times

“We’re draining the hot water heater every few days to get most, or a good bit, of the salt out of that,” owner Byron Marinovich said.

From Seattle Times

As the state’s two major sources of water, groundwater and the Colorado River, dwindle from drought, climate change and overuse, officials are considering a hydrological Hail Mary: the construction of a plant in Mexico to suck salt out of seawater, then pipe that water hundreds of miles, much of it uphill, to Phoenix.

From New York Times

“It simply takes a lot of energy to pull salt out of water,” said Peter Gleick, president emeritus of the California-based Pacific Institute, who has studied water resources for decades.

From Seattle Times

Desalination plants draw water from the ocean through large pipes and blast it through fine membranes that allow water molecules to pass, but keep the salt out.

From Seattle Times