Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A place where salt is produced commercially.
Wiktionary
- n. A place where salt is refined and prepared commercially.
- n. figuratively A job, usually considered boring drudgery.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a plant where salt is produced commercially
Examples
“Anavyssos saltworks: It stopped producing salt in the 1960s, and the site sits empty.”
The Wall Street Journal: Ailing Greece Tries National Tag Sale
“Charles Forelle/The Wall Street Anavyssos saltworks: It stopped producing salt in the 1960s, and the site sits empty.”
The Wall Street Journal: Ailing Greece Tries National Tag Sale
“The saltworks, an hour south of Athens, shut in 1969.”
The Wall Street Journal: Ailing Greece Tries National Tag Sale
“In the suburban region north of the old saltworks, Anna Skouloudis , a retired Olympic Airlines flight attendant, has that figured out.”
The Wall Street Journal: Ailing Greece Tries National Tag Sale
“They include the site of a former saltworks on a mile-and-a-half of beach, an old golf course on the island of Rhodes and a 200-acre waterfront plot with campsites and thermal baths.”
The Wall Street Journal: Ailing Greece Tries National Tag Sale
“Japan and Mexico are already successful business partners, with joint-ownership of the Exportadora de Sal (ESSA saltworks located south of Guerrero Negro) by Mitsubishi and the Mexican government.”
Overfishing in the Sea of Cortez: Are sustainable fish farms the solution?
“Recently, these advocates celebrated the tenth anniversary of their victory to persuade the Mexican government to abandon a massive Mitsubishi saltworks project that would have destroyed the lagoon and whale breeding habitat.”
“The terrestrial component include important ecosystems associated with the saltworks areas (Las Salinas de Ibiza y Forementera).”
“Thanks to this traditional use, saltworks (except one) are in an exceptional state of conservation and still have an optimal aquatic system.”
“There is a highly diverse bird fauna with 205 recorded species, most of them concentrated on the coastal lagoons and saltworks, of which 171 are migratory species.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘saltworks’.
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Salt
Words related to salt and saltiness.
adarce, brinish, brinishness, briny, saline, salinity, salsuginose, salsuginous, saltish, saltishly, saltishness, salty and 74 more...
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Salt and Pepper
long pepper, pepper, salt, salt and pepper, Salt-n-Pepa, Salt Lake City, peppercorn, rock salt, sea salt, salt tax, salt marsh, peppermint and 71 more...
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WordWorks
artwork, brainworker, brickwork, bridgework, brushwork, casework, clockwork, counterwork, coursework, craftwork, deadworks, deskwork and 68 more...
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fbharjo as opposed to the peppermill Dec 21, 2012