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# saltwater

adjective (saltwater); noun (saltwater or salt water — uncountable)

«saltwater» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Water that has salt in it, like sea water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saltwater/#m1)
2. (adjective) Living in or coming from the sea, not fresh water: saltwater fish, saltwater crocodile. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saltwater/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons it is used to compare freshwater and saltwater habitats and in experiments (an egg floats in salt water). In geography, most of Earth's water is saltwater in oceans. In safety, saltwater crocodiles in northern Australia are very dangerous. Phrases: saltwater crocodile (saltie), saltwater aquarium.

### Examples

- Most of the water on Earth is saltwater. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saltwater/#x1)
- Saltwater fish cannot live in a pond. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saltwater/#x2)
- An egg floats in salt water but sinks in tap water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saltwater/#x3)
- Saltwater crocodiles live in northern Australia; never swim where there are croc signs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saltwater/#x4)
- Don't drink saltwater, as it makes you thirstier. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saltwater/#x5)
- We gargled warm salt water for a sore throat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saltwater/#x6)

### Note

As an adjective it is one word (a saltwater fish); as a noun many writers use two words (salt water). Opposite: freshwater. Drinking seawater is dangerous because the salt dries the body out.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «saltwater» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saltwater/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«saltwater» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/saltwater.html) on Mova free.