salt lake

noun

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

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Unlike freshwater lakes, which drain through rivers or streams, salt lakes have no outlet to the sea. — Rosa Lyster, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026 Zhou believes that there is much more in the salt lakes that can be extracted apart from potassium and lithium. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 27 Apr. 2026 Lake Urmia, which was once the sixth largest salt lake in the world, is desiccated and causing dust storms. — Evan Bush, NBC news, 16 Nov. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for salt lake

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First Known Use

1763, in the meaning defined above

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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 7 Jul. 2026.

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salt lake

noun
: a lake that has become salty through evaporation
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