noun
a plant where salt is produced commercially
• Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form
• Hypernyms: ↑plant, ↑works, ↑industrial plant
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun plural but singular or plural in construction : a plant where salt is made on a commercial scale (as by extraction from seawater or the brine of salt springs)
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/sawlt"werrks'/, n., pl. saltworks.
(often used with a pl. v.) a building or plant where salt is made.
[1555-65; SALT1 + WORKS]
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saltˈworks noun
A place where salt is refined
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Main Entry: ↑salt
Useful english dictionary. 2012.