salt flat

noun

: a salt-encrusted flat area resulting from evaporation of a former body of water

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The archipelago, protected as a national park, hums with quiet life—salt flats blush rose in the heat, and mangroves cradle herons in leafy stillness. Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025 Ten years after Campbell’s shot across the salt flats, in 1974, the lake filled to its capacity for just the third time on record. Angus Watson, CNN Money, 25 June 2025 Death Valley National Park could see temperatures up to 120, according to the NWS. Signage warns of extreme heat danger at the salt flats of Badwater Basin inside Death Valley National Park on June 17, 2021, in Inyo County, California. Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 June 2025 Construction worker Mohamed had temporarily switched to eking out a living from nearby salt flats, because no building projects were launched with warplanes in the sky. Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for salt flat

Word History

First Known Use

1816, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of salt flat was in 1816

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“Salt flat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salt%20flat. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

Kids Definition

salt flat

noun
: an area of land covered with a crust of salt left by evaporation of water

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