saltworks

• Nom désignant un site industriel ou une usine où l'on produit du sel à des fins commerciales, notamment par évaporation de l'eau de mer ou de saumure.

A noun referring to an industrial facility or plant where salt is produced commercially.

1. Salt production facilityC1formal

   An industrial plant or facility where salt is extracted and processed for commercial use.

   Saline industrielle

   • The saltworks on the coast produces tons of sea salt annually.
   • Workers at the saltworks use evaporation ponds to harvest salt.
   • The old saltworks has been converted into a museum.

   Synonymessaline