salt pan

noun

: an undrained natural depression in which water gathers and leaves a deposit of salt on evaporation

Example Sentences

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But even a desiccated salt pan of a lake, Dickman said, has its appeal. —Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Oct. 2022

Nation/World Not for the first time, out on the salt pan, my mind had turned to death. —Henry Wismayer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022

Not for the first time, out on the salt pan, my mind had turned to death. —Henry Wismayer, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2022

Along with mangroves, salt pans hold the seawater from entering Mumbai. —Nikhil S Dixit, Quartz India, 15 Oct. 2019

This place is a dry landscape dotted with salt pans that hint at a former wetland paradise. —Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 1 Nov. 2019

Powered by a Rolls-Royce EJ200, the same jet engine used in the Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jet, the car hurtles so fast across the salt pan track that a twin parachute is needed to bring it to a halt. —Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2019

Much of that place is now a dry salt pan—and inhabited by modern Khoisan people, sometimes called Bushmen. —Richard Conniff, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2019

Being able to move across the sand quickly is key to their survival—and anyone who has walked or run on a beach knows that the granular nature of sand can slow down movement and expend more energy than walking or running on, say, a dry salt pan. —Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 Oct. 2019

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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

salt pan

noun

: an undrained natural depression in which water gathers and leaves a deposit of salt on evaporation