Definition

1. Noun:
   • A flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water: A "salt plain" is a large, level area of land covered with a crust or layer of salt. This formation is created when a saltwater lake or inland sea dries up completely, leaving behind the dissolved salts that were in the water.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The explorers crossed a vast salt plain, where the white crust glittered under the sun.
  • The Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah is a famous salt plain formed from an ancient lake.

Advanced Usage

• "to traverse a salt plain": to travel across a salt plain.
  • The caravan took three days to traverse the immense salt plain.

Variants and Related Words

• Salt flat (n): A synonym for "salt plain," often used interchangeably.
  • The salt flat stretched to the horizon.
• Salt pan (n): A specific, often smaller, depression where salt collects after evaporation.
  • They collected salt from the shallow salt pan.
• Playa (n): A dry lakebed in a desert basin, which may become a salt plain.
  • The playa can become a temporary salt plain after rare rains evaporate.

Synonyms

• Salt flat: A flat area covered with salt.
• Salt desert: A desert area characterized by salt crusts.

Related Phrases

• Crust of salt: The hard, crystalline layer on the surface of a salt plain.
  • The crust of salt cracked under their feet.

Noun

1. a flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water