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subsalt

subsalt adjective: lying beneath a layer of salt.

Adjective

subsalt (not comparable)

  1. Lying beneath a layer of salt.
    • The subsalt basin that contains Tupi, the new deepwater field estimated to hold the equivalent of five billion to eight billion barrels of light crude oil, is creating a buzz among the world’s largest oil companies.2008 January 11, Alexei Barrionuevo, “Hot Prospect for Oil’s Big League”, in New York Times

Noun

subsalt (plural subsalts)

  1. (archaic) A basic salt.

Forms of subsalt

pluralsubsalts

Origin of subsalt

From sub- + salt.

Questions about subsalt

What does subsalt mean?
Subsalt means lying beneath a layer of salt.
What part of speech is subsalt?
Subsalt can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near subsalt in the dictionary

  1. subsale
  2. subsales
  3. subsalicylate
  4. subsalicylates
  5. subsaline
  6. subsalt
  7. subsaltation
  8. subsalts
  9. subsample
  10. subsampled
  11. subsampler

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