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desalination plant

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

an industrial installation which converts seawater into drinking water by removing the salt.

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14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 海水淡化廠 /海水淡化厂 (hǎishuǐ dànhuà chǎng) — plant which converts seawater
  • Danish: afsaltningsanlæg — plant which converts seawater
  • French: usine de désalinisation — plant which converts seawater
  • German: Entsalzungsanlage — plant which converts seawater
  • German: Meerwasserentsalzungsanlage — plant which converts seawater
  • Norman: dêsalinn'nie — plant which converts seawater
  • Norwegian Bokmål: avsaltingsanlegg — plant which converts seawater
  • Polish: odsalarnia — plant which converts seawater
  • Spanish: planta desalinizadora — plant which converts seawater
  • Spanish: desalinizadora — plant which converts seawater
  • Spanish: planta desaladora — plant which converts seawater
  • Spanish: desaladora — plant which converts seawater
  • Swedish: avsaltningsverk — plant which converts seawater
  • Ukrainian: завод для опріснення води (zavod dlja oprisnennja vody) — plant which converts seawater