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salt wedge

salt wedge noun: a wedge-shaped intrusion of salt water underneath fresh water, typically in a nontidal estuary.

Noun

salt wedge (plural salt wedges)

  1. A wedge-shaped intrusion of salt water underneath fresh water, typically in a nontidal estuary.

Forms of salt wedge

pluralsalt wedges

Questions about salt wedge

What does salt wedge mean?
Salt wedge means a wedge-shaped intrusion of salt water underneath fresh water, typically in a nontidal estuary.
What part of speech is salt wedge?
Salt wedge is a noun.
What is the plural of salt wedge?
The plural of salt wedge is salt wedges.

Words near salt wedge in the dictionary

  1. salt up
  2. salt water
  3. salt water aspiration syndrome
  4. salt water taffy
  5. salt waters
  6. salt wedge
  7. salt wedges
  8. salt works
  9. Salt's dik-dik
  10. salt-and-pepper
  11. salt-and-pepper doris

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