Meanings
nounsaltery (plural salteries)
plural salteries
- A saltworks.
- A place for fish salting.
- The field or profession of a salter. (Compare drysaltery)
saltery wares
Origin
From salt + -ery, or in sense 3, salter + -y.
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APA
saltery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saltery
MLA
“saltery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saltery. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “saltery,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saltery.
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