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Meaning of saltland | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any land feature characterized by an abundance of salt, including salt flats, salt pans, or salt marshes.

Examples

“[…] in the saltlands. Wolves came out by night sometimes and carried off children straying late; sometimes a new - made grave was found open and empty in the morning, and people breathed of ghouls […] late travelers had heard voices[…]”
“[…] in the saltland? Does the fig tree cease to stand on top of Walmal? The diviner was telling them where the Borana had camped. The Arsi returned again to the Borana territory. While the Arsi were on their way, the Borana diviner[…]”
“[…] In the saltlands, this reserve is smaller but is com- pensated by inorganic forms of phosphorous. Singh and Nijhawan (1943) were the first to report high levels of extractable phosphorous in alkali soils of the Indo - Gangetic[…]”
“[…] at all, just a vast space of desert out in the saltlands of Nevada. It's serious dressing up, the maddest entertainment, craziest art, and at the end there's the burning of a huge effigy, stuffed with pyrotechnics 287.”
“[…] The saltland heath sodden and yellowed by the winter was sweating in the sun. It smelled like rotten fruit, like beer, like cow's breath. The earth was passing wind; it belched at every footfall; its boil had burst; it was[…]”
“[…] in the saltlands for a long time. Our supplies ran low - hadn't been for him ” -nodding across the table- " we'd both have died. Don't know how we did get out finally - but we're out, understand? Out! Nothing could hire us to go[…]”
“[…] the saltland for its dwelling place? It scorns the tumult of the city; it does not hear the shouts of the driver. It ranges the mountains as its pasture, and it searches after every green thing. (Job 39 : 5-8) Yahweh assigns[…]”
“[…] in the saltlands of Worcestershire. Raking was potentially dangerous and probably the most unpleasant task in the works, because it had to be performed at high speed over the boiling brine. The worker stood at the side of an unguarded[…]”
“Nick Montfort. the ear- ring following the sack, the shipworm, the saltland delighting, the rootwork alighting, the cloudless horse, the slipfield dancing, the riverfire dreaming, the birdsack exceeding the word, the firefield, and the[…]”
“[…] the saltland pasture during the most feed-limited time of year – in southern Australia, this is often in summer and autumn when senesced crops and annual pastures provide the most of the feedbase (O'Connell et al. 2006). 2. Establish[…]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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