"saltworks" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: saltworks [plural]
Etymology: salt + works Etymology templates: {{compound|en|salt|works}} salt + works Head templates: {{en-noun|saltworks}} saltworks (plural saltworks)
  1. A place where salt is refined and prepared commercially.
    Sense id: en-saltworks-en-noun-lPAKYsjg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
  2. (figuratively) A job, usually considered boring drudgery. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-saltworks-en-noun-5ZwxVDnn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (salt works): suolatehdas (Finnish), Salzwerk [neuter] (German), αλατοποιείο (alatopoieío) [neuter] (Greek), salinae [feminine, plural] (Latin), طوزله (tuzla) (Ottoman Turkish), saliña (Papiamentu), salina [feminine] (Polish), tuzla (Turkish), memleha [archaic] (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'salt works': 51 49

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