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saltern
[ sawl-tern ]
/ ˈsɔl tərn /
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noun
a saltworks.
a plot of land laid out in pools for the evaporation of seawater to produce salt.
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Origin of saltern
before 900; Old English sealtærn saltworks (not recorded in ME), equivalent to sealtsalt1 + ærn building, house
Words nearby saltern
Salteaux, salted, Salten, salter, Salter-Harris classification, saltern, saltfish, salt flat, salt gland, saltglaze, salt grass
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How to use saltern in a sentence
The glow proceeded from the fires of the Imperial Saltern, erected at Ebensee.
A Tramp's Wallet|William Duthie
British Dictionary definitions for saltern
saltern
/ (ˈsɔːltən) /
noun
another word for saltworks
a place where salt is obtained from pools of evaporated sea water
Word Origin for saltern
Old English saltærn, from salt + ærn house. Compare barn 1, ransack
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