saltstone
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Etymology edit
From Middle English saltstone, salteston, salt stan, from Old English sealtstān (“rock salt, niter”), from Proto-West Germanic *saltastain, equivalent to salt + stone.
Noun edit
saltstone (countable and uncountable, plural saltstones)
- (geology) Salt that has accumulated and hardened into a rocklike consistency.
- 1991, Long-lived Legacy:
- The amount of saltstone to be produced at Savannah River is very large, about 3 million tons over 28 years; […]
- 2009, Advice on the Department of Energy's Cleanup Technology:
- Salt waste in the tanks at SRS is to be processed and the resulting LAW incorporated into a grout called saltstone; […]