Meanings
noundesalination plant (plural desalination plants)
plural desalination plants
- an industrial installation which converts seawater into drinking water by removing the salt.
It has a solar-powered desalination plant on some of its flatter, more stable land, and that provides its people with a dependable supply of water.
1993, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 110
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 海水淡化廠 /海水淡化厂
- 海水淡化廠 /海水淡化厂 (hǎishuǐ dànhuà chǎng)plant which converts seawater
Danish afsaltningsanlæg
- afsaltningsanlægplant which converts seawater
French usine de désalinisation
- usine de désalinisationplant which converts seawater
German Entsalzungsanlage, Meerwasserentsalzungsanlage
- Entsalzungsanlageplant which converts seawater
- Meerwasserentsalzungsanlageplant which converts seawater
Norwegian Bokmål avsaltingsanlegg
- avsaltingsanleggplant which converts seawater
Polish odsalarnia
- odsalarniaplant which converts seawater
Spanish planta desalinizadora, desalinizadora
- planta desalinizadoraplant which converts seawater
- desalinizadoraplant which converts seawater
- planta desaladoraplant which converts seawater
- desaladoraplant which converts seawater
Swedish avsaltningsverk
- avsaltningsverkplant which converts seawater
Ukrainian завод для опріснення води
- завод для опріснення води (zavod dlja oprisnennja vody)plant which converts seawater
Cite this entry
APA
desalination plant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desalination%20plant
MLA
“desalination plant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desalination%20plant. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “desalination plant,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desalination%20plant.
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