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saltstone

saltstone noun: salt that has accumulated and hardened into a rocklike consistency.

Noun

saltstone (countable and uncountable, plural saltstones)

  1. Salt that has accumulated and hardened into a rocklike consistency.
    • The amount of saltstone to be produced at Savannah River is very large, about 3 million tons over 28 years; […]1991, Long-lived Legacy
    • Salt waste in the tanks at SRS is to be processed and the resulting LAW incorporated into a grout called saltstone; […]2009, Advice on the Department of Energy's Cleanup Technology

Forms of saltstone

pluralsaltstones
alternative formsalt stone

Origin of saltstone

From Middle English saltstone, salteston, salt stan, from Old English sealtstān (“rock salt, niter”), from Proto-West Germanic *saltastain, equivalent to salt + stone.

Questions about saltstone

What does saltstone mean?
Saltstone means salt that has accumulated and hardened into a rocklike consistency.
What part of speech is saltstone?
Saltstone is a noun.
What is the plural of saltstone?
The plural of saltstone is saltstones.

Words near saltstone in the dictionary

  1. saltspoonsful
  2. saltspray
  3. saltspray rose
  4. saltspray roses
  5. saltsprays
  6. saltstone
  7. saltstones
  8. saltus
  9. saltuses
  10. saltwater
  11. saltwater crocodile

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