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evaporite

/ɪˈvæp.əˌɹaɪt/

evaporite noun: the salty, crusty sediment that remains after salt water evaporates.

Noun

evaporite (countable and uncountable, plural evaporites)

  1. The salty, crusty sediment that remains after salt water evaporates.
    • Astonished scientists conducted a drilling program, and a decade later confirmed that the layers of salts and other evaporites could mean only one thing: at some point the Mediterranean Sea had dried out.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 129

Forms of evaporite

pluralevaporites

Words formed from evaporite

Questions about evaporite

What does evaporite mean?
Evaporite means the salty, crusty sediment that remains after salt water evaporates.
What part of speech is evaporite?
Evaporite is a noun.
How do you pronounce evaporite?
Evaporite is pronounced /ɪˈvæp.əˌɹaɪt/.
What is the plural of evaporite?
The plural of evaporite is evaporites.

Words near evaporite in the dictionary

  1. evaporators
  2. evaporatory
  3. evaporimeter
  4. evaporimeters
  5. evaporimetry
  6. evaporite
  7. evaporites
  8. evaporitic
  9. evaporization
  10. evaporizations
  11. evaporize

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