noun
Meaning 1
A dry lake or playa whose level bed contains abundant salt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
salt flat
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noun
Meaning 2
a flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: salt plain
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flat
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 乾鹽湖 /干盐湖 (gānyánhú) — flat expanse of ground with abundant salt
- Chinese Mandarin: 鹽湖 /盐湖 (yánhú) — flat expanse of ground with abundant salt
- Chinese Mandarin: 鹽池 /盐池 (yánchí) — flat expanse of ground with abundant salt
- Finnish: suolatasanko — flat expanse of ground with abundant salt
- Finnish: suolapannu — flat expanse of ground with abundant salt
- Italian: salina — flat expanse of ground with abundant salt
- Japanese: 塩田 (enten) — flat expanse of ground with abundant salt
- Polish: solnisko — flat expanse of ground with abundant salt
- Spanish: salinera — flat expanse of ground with abundant salt