Saltwater

adj, name, noun

adj, name, noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of salt water. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

    "Etzler was a follower of the wonkish French utopian Charles Fourier, who promised that the scientific reinvention of nature would transmute the saltwater into lemonade."

  2. 2
    water containing salts wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    New Keynesian or Keynesian, in reference to macroeconomics and economics departments on the East Coast and West Coast of the United States of America. not-comparable

    "Sweetwater and Saltwater economists tend to differ on policy issues."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Synonyms

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brineseawaterseawater

Example

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"Australian saltwater crocodiles can grow up to 23 feet long and frequently kill people."

Etymology

From Middle English saltwater, salte water, equivalent to salt + water. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Soaltwoater (“saltwater”), West Frisian sâltwetter (“saltwater”), Dutch zoutwater (“saltwater”), German Low German Soltwater (“saltwater”), German Salzwasser (“saltwater”), Danish saltvand (“saltwater”), Swedish saltvatten (“saltwater”), Icelandic saltvatn (“saltwater”).

Related phrases

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