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saltery

saltery noun: a saltworks.

Noun

saltery (plural salteries)

  1. A saltworks.
  2. A place for fish salting.
  3. The field or profession of a salter. (Compare drysaltery)
    • saltery wares

Forms of saltery

pluralsalteries

Origin of saltery

From salt + -ery, or in sense 3, salter + -y.

Phrases with saltery

Questions about saltery

What does saltery mean?
Saltery means a saltworks.
What part of speech is saltery?
Saltery is a noun.
What is the plural of saltery?
The plural of saltery is salteries.

Words near saltery in the dictionary

  1. salteries
  2. saltern
  3. salterns
  4. salters
  5. Salterses
  6. saltery
  7. Saltery Bay
  8. saltest
  9. salteth
  10. saltfish
  11. saltfishes

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