saltness
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of saltness
before 900; Middle English saltnesse; Old English sealtnes. See salt 1, -ness
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
It seems a childish remark to make, that all salts do not coincide in their saltness, nor sugars in their sweetness.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 by Various
To ascertain the saltness of the water, we had, in addition to the ordinary areometers, an electric apparatus specially constructed by Mr. Thornöe.
From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I by Nansen, Fridtjof
The principal of these are Lakes Eyre, Torrens, and Gairdner, all of which vary in size and saltness according to the season.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
Hardly: evaporation is probably the true secret of its disappearance: and that this is the reason is proved by the greater saltness of the Mediterranean as compared with the Atlantic.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 by Whymper, Frederick
The saltness and humidity of such locations seem peculiarly favorable to its greatest perfection.
From Soil Culture by Walden, J. H.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
