salt water
AmericanEtymology
Origin of salt water
before 1000; Middle English; Old English
Example Sentences
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“That combination — high waves, high sea levels, high tides, and ... high rainfall will contribute to considerable coastal flooding, intrusion of salt water into the groundwater, and coastal erosion,” Merrifield said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
The researchers then placed the material in salt water, an especially demanding environment for battery components.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust has highlighted a failing tidal valve and crumbling sea wall which are letting salt water flood grazing marshland and wash away birds' nests and reed beds.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
Their hands, arms and legs bore wounds caused by the salt water.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
He carried the boy’s filthy clothes into the surf and washed them, standing shivering in the cold salt water naked from the waist down and sloshing them up and down and wringing them out.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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