English Explanatory Dictionary

saltery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A saltworks.
  2. A place for fish salting.
  3. The field or profession of a salter. (Compare drysaltery)

Word forms

saltery salteries

Etymology

From salt + -ery, or in sense 3, salter + -y.

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