salt flat

noun

: a salt-encrusted flat area resulting from evaporation of a former body of water

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With no passing vehicles to call on for help, the pair began walking across the salt flats in search of assistance. — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026 The pair left their vehicle to find assistance, traversing salt flats toward Badwater Road, a two-lane highway encircled by mountains. — Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2026 The pair had been walking through the salt flats, a nearly-200-mile stretch of sodium chloride in the park's Badwater Basin. — Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026 For example, in Argentina’s lithium-rich Jujuy Province, a research exchange between the two countries’ geological agencies grew into an explicit state partnership focused on surveying the province’s salt flats. — Natalia Cote-Muñoz, Foreign Affairs, 3 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for salt flat

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First Known Use

1816, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of salt flat was in 1816

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salt flat

noun
: an area of land covered with a crust of salt left by evaporation of water

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