subsalt

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

sub- +‎ salt

Adjective

[edit]

subsalt (not comparable)

  1. Lying beneath a layer of salt.
    • 2008 January 11, Alexei Barrionuevo, “Hot Prospect for Oil’s Big League”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      The subsalt basin that contains Tupi, the new deepwater field estimated to hold the equivalent of five billion to eight billion barrels of light crude oil, is creating a buzz among the world’s largest oil companies.

Noun

[edit]

subsalt (plural subsalts)

  1. (chemistry, archaic) A basic salt.
[edit]

Translations

[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=subsalt&oldid=70914825"