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saltworks

saltworks noun: a place where salt is refined and prepared commercially.

Noun

saltworks (plural saltworks)

  1. A place where salt is refined and prepared commercially.
  2. (figuratively) A job, usually considered boring drudgery.
    • I'm off to the saltworks again. Another day, another dollar.

Forms of saltworks

pluralsaltworks

Origin of saltworks

From salt + works.

Questions about saltworks

What does saltworks mean?
Saltworks means a place where salt is refined and prepared commercially.
What part of speech is saltworks?
Saltworks is a noun.
What is the plural of saltworks?
The plural of saltworks is saltworks.

Words near saltworks in the dictionary

  1. saltweeds
  2. Saltwood
  3. saltwork
  4. saltworker
  5. saltworkers
  6. saltworks
  7. saltwort
  8. saltworts
  9. salty
  10. salty dog
  11. salty dogs

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