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saltflat

saltflat is the alternative form of salt flat.

Meaning of salt flat

Noun

salt flat (plural salt flats)

  1. A dry lake or playa whose level bed contains abundant salt.
    • Cold and dry, Neith has a thin nitrogen atmosphere and vast salt flats at its equator, which is warm enough for liquid water to pool during the summer period. The revealed salt is collected and sold to sodium-poor planets for agricultural purposes.2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Neith
    Synonyms:
    salt pan

Forms of saltflat

pluralsaltflats

Questions about saltflat

What is saltflat the alternative form of?
Saltflat is the alternative form of salt flat.

Words near saltflat in the dictionary

  1. Saltery Bay
  2. saltest
  3. salteth
  4. saltfish
  5. saltfishes
  6. saltflat
  7. saltflats
  8. Saltfleetby
  9. saltfoot
  10. Saltford
  11. saltfree

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