salt well

noun

1. a well from which brine is obtained.

Word History and Origins

Origin of salt well¹

before 950; Middle English; Old English

Example Sentences

As Brosnahan practiced the lyrics — “If you’re out of greens and table salt, well, don’t you fret my dears. Just use a stick of celery to wipe away your tears” — she burst with an idea of her own.

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"Ricki and the Flash" opens with the band performing at the fictitious Salt Well in Tarzana.

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Her bar band, the Flash, has a longstanding weekly gig playing covers—Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, the occasional Lady Gaga or Pink tune–-and they seem to have built a small but loyal following among the resolutely unhip patrons of the Salt Well in Tarzana, California.

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"Communities were still dealing with major snowstorms in April and using large quantities of road salt well into what is normally the springtime," Claffey said.

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The Umbelliferæ and onions seem to stand the salt well.

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