saltworks
English
noun
Definitions
- (pluralonly) A place where salt is refined and prepared commercially.
- (figuratively) A job, usually considered boring drudgery.
Etymology
Compound from English salt + English works.
Origin
English
works
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antisalt English
- battleworks English
- bisalt English
- blacksalter English
- bleachworks English
- brassworks English
- brickworks English
- chainworks English
- coalworks English
- copperworks English
- deadworks English
- desalt English
- dyeworks English
- enamelworks English
- fishworks English
- gasworks English
- glassworks English
- gunworks English
- headworks English
- hydrosalt English
- laceworks English
- leatherworks English
- limeworks English
- loomworks English
- meatworks English
- millworks English
- nonsalt English
- oversalt English
- oxysalt English
- paperworks English
- persalt English
- polysalt English
- printworks English
- protosalt English
- railworks English
- resalt English
- salt English
- salt beef English
- salt-free English
- saltbox English
- saltbush English
- saltcat English
- salten English
- salter English
- saltery English
- salteth English
- saltfish English
- saltfoot English
- saltfree English
- saltgrass English
- saltie English
- saltine English
- saltish English
- saltless English
- saltlike English
- saltly English
- saltmaker English
- saltmaking English
- saltmouth English
- saltness English
- saltproof English
- saltspoon English
- saltwater English
- saltweed English
- saltwork English
- saltwort English
- salty English
- semi-works English
- sesquisalt English
- silkworks English
- skunkworks English
- soapworks English
- steelworks English
- streamworks English
- subsalt English
- sulfosalt English
- sulphosalt English
- supersalt English
- tileworks English
- undersalt English
- upperworks English
- wagonworks English
- waterworks English
- woolworks English
- works English
- salt Middle English
- jo̧o̧ļ Marshallese
- saltchuck Chinook Jargon
- sohl Kosraean
- č̕aʔak Nootka
- salt
- works
- salty
- desalt
- bisalt
- resalt
- saltie
- saltly
- salter
- salten
- persalt
- oxysalt
- saltish
- salteth
- saltcat
- nonsalt
- saltine
- saltery
- saltbox
- subsalt
- saltfree
- saltbush
- saltfoot
- saltwort
- oversalt
- saltweed
- saltless
- dyeworks
- saltlike
- antisalt
- polysalt
- saltness
- gasworks
- saltwork
- saltfish
- gunworks
- hydrosalt
- fishworks
- salt-free
- saltmaker
- railworks
- salt beef
- undersalt
- sulfosalt
- woolworks
- headworks
- meatworks
- soapworks
- saltmouth
- coalworks
- silkworks
- limeworks
- laceworks
- loomworks
- protosalt
- deadworks
- supersalt
- saltgrass
- saltspoon
- tileworks
- saltwater
- saltproof
- millworks
- brassworks
- upperworks
- sesquisalt
- paperworks
- brickworks
- wagonworks
- sulphosalt
- glassworks
- skunkworks
- semi-works
- waterworks
- chainworks
- saltmaking
- steelworks
- printworks
- streamworks
- copperworks
- enamelworks
- battleworks
- blacksalter
- bleachworks
- leatherworks