subsalt
English
Etymology
sub- + salt
Adjective
subsalt (not comparable)
- Lying beneath a layer of salt.
- 2008 January 11, Alexei Barrionuevo, “Hot Prospect for Oil’s Big League”, in New York Times:
- 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.
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Noun
subsalt (plural subsalts)
- (chemistry, archaic) A basic salt.
Related terms
- supersalt
Translations
a basic salt
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