seawater
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1. water containing salts (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | h2o, water, |
| definition | : | binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | red tide, |
| definition | : | seawater that is discolored by large numbers of certain dinoflagellates that produce saxitoxin (noun.substance) |
| substance holonym | : | atomic number 35, br, bromine, |
| definition | : | a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water (noun.substance) |
| substance holonym | : | atomic number 53, i, iodin, iodine, |
| definition | : | a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks) (noun.substance) |
| substance holonym | : | atomic number 19, k, potassium, |
| definition | : | a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite (noun.substance) |
| substance holonym | : | atomic number 11, na, sodium, |
| definition | : | a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt) (noun.substance) |
| substance holonym | : | common salt, sodium chloride, |
| definition | : | a white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl) (noun.substance) |
| substance holonym | : | calcium chloride, |
| definition | : | a deliquescent salt; used in de-icing and as a drying agent (noun.substance) |
| substance holonym | : | evaporite, |
| definition | : | the sediment that is left after the evaporation of seawater (noun.substance) |
| derivation | : | brine, |
| definition | : | soak in brine (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | brackish, briny, |
| definition | : | slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water) (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | brine, |
| definition | : | soak in brine (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | brackish, briny, |
| definition | : | slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water) (adj.all) |
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