English Explanatory Dictionary

saltstone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Salt that has accumulated and hardened into a rocklike consistency.

Word forms

saltstone saltstones salt stone

Etymology

From Middle English saltstone, salteston, salt stan, from Old English sealtstān (“rock salt, niter”), from Proto-West Germanic *saltastain, equivalent to salt + stone.

Related words

rock salt
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