Saltworks Definition

sôltwûrks
noun
A place where salt is produced commercially.
American Heritage
A place where salt is made, as by evaporation of natural brines.
Webster's New World
(figuratively, plural only) A job, usually considered boring drudgery.
I'm off to the saltworks again. Another day, another dollar.
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Saltworks Sentence Examples

  • The principal industries include paper-making, brewing, the making of nets and twine, bricks, tiles and pottery, tanning and oil-refining, besides saltworks and seed-crushing works.

  • The rise of the mineral saltworks of Cheshire led to its decline in the 18th century, and later the renewed importance of Southampton completed its decay.

  • A few minerals are found in the district, but in this department the saltworks of Hall, near Innsbruck, take the first place.

  • Other suburbs were situated at the harbour and at the saltworks (salinae).

  • Hesse and Baden, Lorraine and the upper Palatinate have also saltworks.

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