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EVAPORITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does evaporite mean?
• EVAPORITE (noun)
The noun EVAPORITE has 1 sense:
1. the sediment that is left after the evaporation of seawater
Familiarity information: EVAPORITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The sediment that is left after the evaporation of seawater
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("evaporite" is a kind of...):
deposit; sediment (matter that has been deposited by some natural process)
Holonyms ("evaporite" is a substance of...):
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