saltworks
Facility producing table seasoning
A saltworks is a facility where salt is produced, typically by evaporating seawater or brine in shallow pools or by mining salt deposits.
The term usually appears as a singular noun despite its plural form: The old saltworks has been converted into a museum.
Also called a saltern.
Crystalline sodium chloride ore
- extractionAct of removing
- depositPlace for safekeeping
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
excavation · tunnel · gallery · vein · ore · geology · drill · conveyor
Water saturated with sodium
- solarOf the star
- pondsSmall freshwater bodies
- pansCriticizes severely
- crystallizationForming ordered solid structure
basins · concentration · halite · precipitation · drying · sunlight · vaporization · salinity
Of sea rhythms
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
- saltmarshCoastal wetland with brackish water
- seashoreOcean's edge
- maritimeOf the sea
littoral · foreshore · mangrove · lagoon · flats · mudflats · intertidal · brackish
Industrial purification facility
- purificationRemoval of contaminants
- crystallizersVessels inducing solid formation
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
- centrifugeSpinning density-separation device
evaporator · washery · dissolving · settling · grading · packaging · iodization · granulation
Of lasting significance
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- restorationReturning something to condition
- archaeologyStudy of physical remnants
- landmarkNotable point of reference
museum · ancient · Roman · medieval · preservation · artifacts · ruins · tourism
halite
Crystalline sodium chloride ore
- extractionAct of removing
- depositPlace for safekeeping
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
shaft · excavation · tunnel · gallery · vein · ore · geology · drill · conveyor · crusher
brine
Water saturated with sodium
crystallization · basins · concentration · halite · precipitation · drying · sunlight · vaporization · salinity · saturation
tidal
Of sea rhythms
maritime · littoral · foreshore · mangrove · lagoon · flats · mudflats · intertidal · brackish · dikes
refinery
Industrial purification facility
- purificationRemoval of contaminants
- crystallizersVessels inducing solid formation
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
centrifuge · evaporator · washery · dissolving · settling · grading · packaging · iodization · granulation · milling
historic
Of lasting significance
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- restorationReturning something to condition
- archaeologyStudy of physical remnants
landmark · museum · ancient · Roman · medieval · preservation · artifacts · ruins · tourism · interpretation
flaky
Crumbly or unreliable
- salthalite, sodium chloride, fleur de sel, brine
- old industriesblacksmithing, ironworks, sawmills, gristmills, tanneries
- Salt Tradetrans-Saharan trade, caravan routes, Timbuktu, trade networks, camel caravans
- Northwest Sri Lanka