Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

saltstone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: salt-stone
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Salt that has accumulated and hardened into a rocklike consistency.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The amount of saltstone to be produced at Savannah River is very large, about 3 million tons over 28 years; […]"
"Salt waste in the tanks at SRS is to be processed and the resulting LAW incorporated into a grout called saltstone; […]"

Etymology

From Middle English saltstone, salteston, salt stan, from Old English sealtstān (“rock salt, niter”), from Proto-West Germanic *saltastain, equivalent to salt + stone.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: saltstone, sealtstān, *saltastain

Usage

Inflected Forms

saltstones (plural) salt stone (alternative)

Phrases

rock salt

Frequently Paired Words

rock salt

Questions

What does saltstone mean?: Salt that has accumulated and hardened into a rocklike consistency.
Where does saltstone come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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