Synonyms for salt water


Grammar : Noun


Définition of salt water

Origin :
  • Old English sealtera watera. As an adjective from 1520s. Salt-water taffy attested by 1886; so called because it originally was sold at seashore resorts, especially Atlantic City, N.J. (see taffy).
  • noun water containing salt
Example sentences :
  • They are cousins to the mermaids, that swim in the salt water.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
  • Aluminum is not advisable for fittings when the boat is to be sailed in salt water.
  • Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
  • Every fluid of the body is salty, and every cell of the body is bathed in salt water.
  • Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker
  • Father loved to look at salt water by sunlight or moonlight—or no light.
  • Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • I think it must be in our blood, this being able to keep well and happy on salt water.
  • Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • His garments were soaked, and the salt water dripped from his shoulders to the sand.
  • Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • When I'm on salt water I'm a man—you don't believe it, but I am.
  • Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • It was the general opinion that it was no craft for salt water.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Must be tough to live so fur off from salt water: I couldn't stand it, I know that.
  • Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • A small rivulet of salt water poured from each as he pulled them off.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln

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