Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

saltery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: saltery
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

noun

A place for fish salting.

noun

The field or profession of a salter. (Compare drysaltery)

Example Sentences

"saltery wares"

Etymology

From salt + -ery, or in sense 3, salter + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: salt, salter

Inflected Forms

salteries (plural)

Questions

What does saltery mean?: A saltworks.
Where does saltery come from?: From salt + -ery, or in sense 3, salter + -y.

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