desalt

Everyday

To desalt something is to remove salt from it, such as seawater or salty food. tree →

In the lessons

In science and geography, desalting (desalination) turns seawater into drinking water, important in dry countries such as parts of Australia and the Middle East. In cooking, salted fish or ham is soaked in water to desalt it.

Examples

• The plant desalts seawater to make drinking water. tree →
• Soak the salty fish overnight to desalt it. tree →
• Boiling and catching the steam can desalt water. tree →
• Some dry countries desalt sea water for their cities. tree →
• We desalted salty water in a science experiment using evaporation. tree →
• Desalted water must still be clean to drink safely. tree →

Note

Regular verb. The more common word is desalinate; noun: desalination. In our experiment, the salt stays behind when the water evaporates.