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salt·ern S0047800 (sôl′tərn)n. A saltworks. [Old English sealtærn : sealt, salt; see salt + ærn, house.]saltern (ˈsɔːltən) n1. (Chemistry) another word for saltworks2. (Physical Geography) a place where salt is obtained from pools of evaporated sea water[Old English saltærn, from salt + ærn house. Compare barn1, ransack]salt•ern (ˈsɔl tərn) n. 1. a saltworks. 2. a plot of land laid out in pools for the evaporation of seawater to produce salt. [before 900; Old English sealtærn saltworks =sealt salt1 + ærn building] saltern
saltern[′sȯl·tərn] (engineering) salt garden saltworks ThesaurusSeesaltworks |