salt water

American  

noun

1. water containing a large amount of salt.

2. seawater.

---

Etymology

Origin of salt water

before 1000; Middle English; Old English

Example Sentences

I dreamed I was still on the sea, that I was still on the ship to France and that I was being sprayed by the salt water.

From Literature

But in the moment what I knew was that it was 1918 and I was just five months beyond my eighteenth birthday and I was a telephone operator with the American Expeditionary Forces and the ocean separating me from home was dark and deep salt water.

From Literature

The team also explored how the material performed in salt water, an especially demanding environment for battery systems.

From Science Daily

"Being able to use sodium vanadate hydrate in salt water is a really exciting discovery, as it shows sodium-ion batteries could do more than just store energy -- they could also help remove salt from water. In the long term, that means we might be able to design systems that use seawater as a completely safe, free and abundant electrolyte, while also producing fresh water as part of the process."

From Science Daily

Nim’s hair whipped like long, wet ropes, and she gulped salt water with every breath, but she clung as tight as she ever could.

From Literature