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salt pan
noun
- an undrained natural depression, as a crater or tectonic basin, in which the evaporation of water leaves a deposit of salt.
salt pan
- A small, undrained, shallow depression in which water accumulates, evaporates, and deposits salt.
- A small lake of brackish water occupying such a depression.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of salt pan1
First recorded in 1485–95
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Example Sentences
Then said Nqong from his bath in the salt-pan, "Come and ask me about it to-morrow, because I'm going to wash."
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Livingstone found that in every salt pan of the country there is a spring of water on one side.
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Livingstone discovered one large salt pan with a deposit of salt an inch and a half in thickness.
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In great glee Ellen danced along, luckily needing no entertainment from Mr. Van Brunt, who was devoted to his salt-pan.
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Put him on Juan Fernandez, and he would make a spelling-book first, and a salt-pan afterwards.
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