- saltern, saltworks
- مَلاّحَة \ saltern, saltworks. \ See Also مَعْمَلُ مِلْح
Arabic-English glossary. 2015.
saltern, saltworks
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saltern — [sôl′tərn] n. [OE sealtærn < sealt, salt + ærn, house: see RANSACK] SALTWORKS … English World dictionary
saltern — /sawl teuhrn/, n. 1. a saltworks. 2. a plot of land laid out in pools for the evaporation of seawater to produce salt. [bef. 900; OE sealtaern saltworks (not recorded in ME), equiv. to sealt SALT1 + aern building, house] * * * … Universalium
saltern — salt•ern [[t]ˈsɔl tərn[/t]] n. 1) chem. a saltworks 2) chem. a plot of land laid out in pools for the evaporation of seawater to produce salt • Etymology: bef. 900; OE sealtærn saltworks =sealt salt+ærn building … From formal English to slang
saltern — /ˈsɒltən/ (say soltuhn), /ˈsɔltən/ (say sawltuhn) noun 1. → saltworks. 2. a plot of land laid out in pools for the evaporation of sea water to produce salt. {Middle English, Old English sealtærn saltworks, from sealt salt + ærn house. Compare… …
saltern — noun a) An area used for saltmaking, especially in the East Anglian fenlands. b) A modern saltworks … Wiktionary
saltern — salt·ern || sÉ”ËltÉ™(r)n n. saltworks, place where salt is prepared or manufactured; place where salt is produced in a natural manner when pools of sea water evaporate (Geography) … English contemporary dictionary
Dampier Saltworks Important Bird Area — The saltworks is an important site for the Red capped Plover The Dampier Saltworks Important Bird Area is a 52 km2 saltern lying close to the town of Dampier, an industrial port in the Pilbara region of north west Western Australia. The salt … Wikipedia
Anikey Stroganov — ( ru. Аникей Фёдорович Строганов) (1488 ndash; 1570) was a founder of numerous salterns in Solvychegodsk and Perm, a colonizer of the basin of the Kama and Chusovaya Rivers. He was the progenitor of the family of highly successful Russian… … Wikipedia
