saltwater

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saltwater^¹

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From Middle English saltwater, salte water, equivalent to salt + water. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Soaltwoater (“saltwater”),

West Frisian sâltwetter (“saltwater”), Dutch zoutwater (“saltwater”), German Low German Soltwater (“saltwater”), German Salzwasser (“saltwater”), Danish saltvand (“saltwater”), Swedish saltvatten (“saltwater”), Icelandic saltvatn (“saltwater”).

noun saltwaters

alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of salt water Etzler was a follower of the wonkish French utopian Charles Fourier, who promised that the scientific reinvention of nature would transmute the saltwater into lemonade.

adjective

not comparable New Keynesian or Keynesian, in reference to macroeconomics and economics departments on the East Coast and West Coast of the United States of America. Sweetwater and Saltwater economists tend to differ on policy issues.

Opposite: freshwater, sweetwater

Saltwater^²

proper noun

A locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: seawater, aquatic, marine, brine, saline, salty, salted, sea, salt, taffy, sailor, navy, marines, stomach, ham, chatham

adjective

Opposite: freshwater, sweetwater

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@misc{saltwater_2026,
  title = {saltwater},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/saltwater},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}