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salt-water

salt-water is the alternative form of salt water.

salt-water is the alternative form of saltwater.

Meaning of salt water

Noun

salt water (countable and uncountable, plural salt waters)

  1. Any water containing a significant amount of dissolved salt or salts.

Meaning of saltwater

Adjective

saltwater (not comparable)

  1. New Keynesian or Keynesian, in reference to macroeconomics and economics departments on the East Coast and West Coast of the United States of America.
    • Sweetwater and Saltwater economists tend to differ on policy issues.2004, Arnold Kling, Learning Economics, 1st edition, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 29

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Forms of salt-water

pluralsalt-waters

Questions about salt-water

What is salt-water the alternative form of?
Salt-water is the alternative form of salt water.

Words near salt-water in the dictionary

  1. salt-marsh terrapin
  2. salt-marsh terrapins
  3. salt-myrtle
  4. salt-rising bread
  5. salt-rising breads
  6. salt-water
  7. Salta
  8. Saltaire
  9. saltando
  10. saltant
  11. saltarella

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