saltern
[ sawl-tern ]
/ ˈsɔl tərn /
noun
a saltworks.
a plot of land laid out in pools for the evaporation of seawater to produce salt.
Nearby words
salteaux, salted, salten, salter, salter-harris classification, saltern, saltfish, saltglaze, saltie, saltier, saltigrade
Origin of saltern
before 900; Old English sealtærn saltworks (not recorded in ME), equivalent to sealt salt1 + ærn building, house
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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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