ALL meanings of evaporite
- noun evaporite A natural salt or mineral deposit left after the evaporation of a body of water. 1
- noun evaporite The salty, crusty, sediment that remains after sea water evaporates. 0
- noun evaporite any sedimentary rock, such as rock salt, gypsum, or anhydrite, formed by evaporation of former seas or salt-water lakes 0
- noun evaporite a type of sedimentary rock, as halite or gypsum, formed by the evaporation of salt water 0