saltness
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of saltness
before 900; Middle English saltnesse; Old English sealtnes. See salt 1, -ness
Example Sentences
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Sometimes it is found in tidal estuaries, where the saltness of the water forces it to resort to springs in order to find water to drink.
From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.
Fresh′en, to make fresh: to take the saltness from.—v.i. to grow fresh: to grow brisk or strong.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Cramped by their narrow quarters on board, it was a relief to roam at large; and the resinous smell that hung about the port was pleasant after the stinging saltness of the spray.
From The Secret of the Reef by Bindloss, Harold
The perfect salt is produced by the coalescence of the saltness of the acid with the saltness of the alkali.
From Heroes of Science Chemists by Muir, M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison)
The foam thereof, the saltness, and the blight?
From Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems by Mackay, Eric
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