salt water

noun

1. water containing a large amount of salt.
2. seawater.

Word History and Origins

Origin of salt water¹

before 1000; Middle English; Old English

Example Sentences

Palladio, it should be noted, is a singer-songwriter and has a London-based indie folk band called Salt Water Thief.

From The Daily Beast

Salt water's not good for the materials, it requires pure water.

From The Daily Beast

But it's salt water, so from an operational point of view you're pretty screwed.

From The Daily Beast

Downey said his team found salt water and sand in the concrete mix, with no reinforced steel to speak of.

From The Daily Beast

Robert Fitzgerald received a patent in England for making salt water fresh.

From Project Gutenberg

The men arrived in very bad condition, and many of them blinded with the salt water which had dashed into their eyes.

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How still it was, with only the voice of the sea whispering through the reeds that grew in the salt-water pools!

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I still continued to suffer, until I luckily thought of using salt-water baths.

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In some countries, however, the leaf grown near salt water is equal in color and texture to any grown in the interior.

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