Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

evaporite

/ɪˈvæp.əˌɹaɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.61 in modern English

Syllables: evap-or-ite
IPA: /ɪˈvæp.əˌɹaɪt/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The salty, crusty sediment that remains after salt water evaporates.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Astonished scientists conducted a drilling program, and a decade later confirmed that the layers of salts and other evaporites could mean only one thing: at some point the Mediterranean Sea had dried out."

Usage

Inflected Forms

evaporites (plural)

Derived Forms

endoevaporite evaporitic

Questions

How do you pronounce evaporite?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪˈvæp.əˌɹaɪt/.
What does evaporite mean?: The salty, crusty sediment that remains after salt water evaporates.

How to pronounce evaporite

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