subsalt

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English

Etymology

sub- +‎ salt

Adjective

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

subsalt (plural subsalts)

  1. (chemistry, archaic) A basic salt.

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