salt flat

/sɔlt flæt/
/sɒlt flæt/
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Definitions of salt flat
  1. noun
    a flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water
    synonyms: salt plain
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    type of:
    flat
    a level tract of land
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