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salt·ern [ sáwltərn ] (plural salt·erns)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. saltworks: a place where salt is produced commercially

2. source of salt produced by evaporation: a place where salt is produced naturally when pools of sea water evaporate

[Pre-12th century. <salt + Old English ærn "building"]
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