salt lake
noun
a body of water having no outlet to the sea and containing in solution a high concentration of salts, especially sodium chloride.
Origin of salt lake
First recorded in 1755–65
Words nearby salt lake
salt hay,
salt horse,
salt i,
salt ii,
salt junk,
salt lake,
salt lake city,
salt lick,
salt marsh,
salt mine,
salt of the earth
Example sentences from the Web for salt lake
At this distance, on the shores of a salt-lake, there was really a very pretty scene, though in such a frightful desert.
Australia Twice Traversed, The Romance of Exploration |Ernest GilesAbove the outlets of the Rhone is a salt-lake which they call Stomalimnè.1364 It abounds in shell and other fish.
At Salt-Lake City they were received with the very highest marks of favor.
Music and Some Highly Musical People |James M. Trotter
British Dictionary definitions for salt lake
salt lake
noun
an inland lake of high salinity resulting from inland drainage in an arid area of high evaporation