noun
Meaning 1
A place where salt is refined and prepared commercially.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
saltworks
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noun
Meaning 2
A job, usually considered boring drudgery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- I'm off to the saltworks again. Another day, another dollar.
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noun
Meaning 3
a plant where salt is produced commercially
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: plant, works, industrial plant
History
Etymology
From salt + works.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 鹽場 /盐场 (yánchǎng) — salt works
- Chinese Mandarin: 鹽廠 /盐厂 (yánchǎng) — salt works
- Finnish: suolatehdas — salt works
- German: Salzwerk — salt works
- Greek: αλατοποιείο (alatopoieío) — salt works
- Latin: salinae — salt works
- Papiamentu: saliña — salt works
- Polish: salina — salt works
- Turkish: tuzla — salt works
- Turkish: memleha — salt works
- Ottoman Turkish: طوزله (tuzla) — salt works