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salthouse

salthouse noun: a salt processing facility.

Noun

salthouse (plural salthouses)

  1. A salt processing facility.
  2. A storehouse for salt.

Proper noun capitalized: Salthouse

Salthouse (countable and uncountable, plural Salthouses)

  1. An eastern suburb of Barrow-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Barrow-in-Furness district (OS grid ref SD2069).
  2. A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG075439).
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of salthouse

Noun
pluralsalthouses
Proper noun
pluralSalthouses
alternative formSalters

Origin of salthouse

From Middle English salthous, from Old English sealthūs, equivalent to salt + house.

From Old English salthous (“storehouse for salt”).

Questions about salthouse

What does salthouse mean?
Salthouse means a salt processing facility.
What part of speech is salthouse?
Salthouse can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of salthouse?
The plural of salthouse is salthouses.

Words near salthouse in the dictionary

  1. saltgland
  2. saltglands
  3. saltgrass
  4. saltgrasses
  5. Salthill
  6. salthouse
  7. salthouses
  8. salti mortali
  9. salticid
  10. salticids
  11. saltie

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