evaporite

See also: Evaporite

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈvæp.əˌɹaɪt/

Noun

evaporite (countable and uncountable, plural evaporites)

1. The salty, crusty sediment that remains after sea water evaporates.
   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 129:

     Astonished scientists conducted a drilling program, and a decade later confirmed that the layers of salts and other evaporites could mean only one thing: at some point the Mediterranean Sea had dried out.

Derived terms

• endoevaporite
• evaporitic

Anagrams

• operative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.va.poˈri.te/
• Rhymes: -ite
• Hyphenation: e‧va‧po‧rì‧te

Noun

evaporite f (plural evaporiti)

1. evaporite

Anagrams

• operatevi, operative