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SALTWATER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Water containing salts

Example:

the water in the ocean is all saltwater

Synonyms:

brine; saltwater; seawater

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("saltwater" is a kind of...):

H2O; water (binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent)

Meronyms (substance of "saltwater"):

atomic number 35; Br; bromine (a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water)

atomic number 53; I; iodin; iodine (a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks))

atomic number 19; K; potassium (a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite)

atomic number 11; Na; sodium (a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt))

common salt; sodium chloride (a white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl))

calcium chloride (a deliquescent salt; used in de-icing and as a drying agent)

evaporite (the sediment that is left after the evaporation of seawater)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "saltwater"):

red tide (seawater that is discolored by large numbers of certain dinoflagellates that produce saxitoxin)

Antonym:

fresh water (water that is not salty)

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