salt lake

noun

: a landlocked body of water that has become salty through evaporation

Examples of salt lake in a Sentence

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Unfolding in epic scale, Kazakhstan is where wild horses gallop across boundless steppes, and salt lakes shimmer in hues of pink and silver. Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025 Sloviansk, Ukraine — On the beaches of Sloviansk’s tiny salt lake, where the medicinal waters provide a moment of solace from the whirling violence of the eastern frontlines just a few miles away, talk of a Ukraine land deal at Friday’s Alaska summit seems dark and surreal. Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2025 The Imperiled Inland Sea Olivia Box May 31, 2022 Twenty years ago, scholar W. D. Williams predicted the loss of salt lakes around the world. The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 22 Apr. 2025 Across the globe, more than 100 saline terminal lakes exist, but history has shown that salt lakes that go into decline have never been able to be saved. Addie Morfoot, Variety, 14 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for salt lake

Word History

First Known Use

1763, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of salt lake was in 1763

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“Salt lake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salt%20lake. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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salt lake

noun
: a lake that has become salty through evaporation
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