saltwater

Thân thiện

The child tastes the saltwater at the beach.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Water containing a significant concentration of dissolved salts, especially sodium chloride: "Saltwater" refers to the water found in seas and oceans, characterized by its salinity, which distinguishes it from freshwater.

Usage

• Noun: Used to describe or refer to the saline water of oceans and seas, or any water with a high salt content.
  • Saltwater is denser than freshwater.
  • This fish species can only survive in saltwater.
  • The intrusion of saltwater is a threat to coastal aquifers.

Advanced Usage

• As a modifier (attributive noun): "Saltwater" is frequently used before another noun to describe something related to or existing in the sea.
  • saltwater crocodile (a crocodile species that lives in coastal and marine habitats)
  • saltwater fishing (the activity of fishing in the ocean)
  • saltwater intrusion (the movement of saline water into freshwater aquifers)

Variants and Related Words

• Brine (n): Water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt, often used in industrial or culinary contexts (e.g., pickling brine).
• Seawater (n): A more specific synonym for saltwater, explicitly meaning the water of the sea or ocean.
• Saline (adj/n): (Adjective) Containing salt. (Noun) A solution of salt in water, often used in medical contexts.
• Freshwater (n/adj): The antonym; water containing minimal dissolved salts, found in lakes, rivers, and most groundwater.

Synonyms

• Seawater
• Brine (particularly for very salty water)
• Ocean water

Antonyms

• Freshwater
• Pure water

Học thuật

Noun

1. water containing salts
   • the water in the ocean is all saltwater

Từ đồng nghĩa

• seawater
• brine