1. a place where salt is produced commercially, especially by the evaporation of seawater

Examples

• The ancient saltern produced salt for the entire region.
• Workers at the saltern harvested salt from the dried pools.
• The coastal saltern has been operating for over a century.
• Flamingos often gather at the saltern to feed on brine shrimp.
• The saltern’s evaporation ponds stretched across several acres.
• Local historians studied the remains of the old Roman saltern.