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desalination plant

desalination plant noun: an industrial installation which converts seawater into drinking water by removing the salt.

Noun

desalination plant (plural desalination plants)

  1. an industrial installation which converts seawater into drinking water by removing the salt.
    • It has a solar-powered desalination plant on some of its flatter, more stable land, and that provides its people with a dependable supply of water.1993, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 110

Forms of desalination plant

pluraldesalination plants

Questions about desalination plant

What does desalination plant mean?
Desalination plant means an industrial installation which converts seawater into drinking water by removing the salt.
What part of speech is desalination plant?
Desalination plant is a noun.
What is the plural of desalination plant?
The plural of desalination plant is desalination plants.

Words near desalination plant in the dictionary

  1. desalinate
  2. desalinated
  3. desalinates
  4. desalinating
  5. desalination
  6. desalination plant
  7. desalination plants
  8. desalinations
  9. desalinator
  10. desalinators
  11. desalinisation

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