Usually means: Minerals formed from evaporating water.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. evaporite: Merriam-Webster
  2. evaporite: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. evaporite: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. evaporite: Collins English Dictionary
  5. evaporite: Vocabulary.com
  6. evaporite: Wiktionary
  7. evaporite: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. evaporite: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. evaporite: Dictionary.com
  10. Evaporite: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. evaporite: Rhymezone
  12. evaporite: FreeDictionary.org
  13. evaporite: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. evaporite: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. evaporite: Encyclopedia

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)
  2. evaporite: Natural History Terms

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See evaporites as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (evaporite)

noun:  The salty, crusty sediment that remains after sea water evaporates.

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