noun
- An undrained shallow depression in which water accumulates, evaporates, and deposits salt.
- A small lake of brackish water occupying such a depression.
salt pan
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- A small, undrained, shallow depression in which water accumulates, evaporates, and deposits salt.
- A small lake of brackish water occupying such a depression.
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Noun
(plural salt pans)
- A flat expanse of ground naturally covered with salt and other minerals; this is the accumulation of salts and minerals as water, unable to drain into the ground, evaporates.
- A man-made pond where salty water is evaporated to concentrate it during the making of salt.
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