Recent Examples on the WebOn the southwestern coast of Thailand, limestone cliffs tower over seawater against the backdrop of swaying trees. Lily Radziemski, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2022 Research Laboratory for Electronics had spent years building a portable desalinator the size of a briefcase that would turn seawater into water that was safe enough to drink. Ian Mount, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2022 San Diego built a robust desalination plant to turn seawater to drinking water, and yet some agricultural users are trying to get out of their contract since the water is so expensive.The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022 The old power plant was replaced by a more efficient plant that does not use seawater for cooling. Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2022 Way back in geologic time, the Lake Wales Ridge was, for a million years, the only piece of Florida’s peninsula poking above seawater. Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022 Like a mirage, the park appeared, a small series of islets surrounded by glittering, aquamarine seawater, with its main attraction—the Civil War–era Fort Jefferson—sitting squat in the middle of Garden Key, massive and rust red. Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 5 Sep. 2022 Plans to desalinate seawater at Aqaba, the nation’s only port, are two decades off at best and are costly due to the immense energy needed to pump the water 200 miles through hilly topography to Amman, where 40% of the population lives. Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2022 Congelation ice actually grows from beneath the ice shelf, while frazil ice drifts up through superchilled seawater in flakes before settling beneath the ice shelf. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 18 Aug. 2022 See More
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above