"salt flat" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: salt flats [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} salt flat (plural salt flats)
  1. A dry lake or playa whose level bed contains abundant salt. Wikipedia link: salt flat Synonyms: salt pan Hypernyms: alkali flat Hyponyms: dry lake, playa Translations (flat expanse of ground with abundant salt): 乾鹽湖 (Chinese Mandarin), 干盐湖 (gānyánhú) (Chinese Mandarin), 鹽湖 (Chinese Mandarin), 盐湖 (yánhú) (english: inexact) (Chinese Mandarin), 鹽池 (Chinese Mandarin), 盐池 (yánchí) (english: smaller) (Chinese Mandarin), suolatasanko (Finnish), salina [feminine] (Italian), 塩田 (enten) (alt: えんでん) (Japanese), solnisko [neuter] (Polish), salinera [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-salt_flat-en-noun-ZVvBx69m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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