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brine
(brīn)n.
1. Water saturated with or containing large amounts of a salt, especially sodium chloride.
2.
a. The water of a sea or an ocean.
b. A large body of salt water.
3. Salt water used for preserving and pickling foods.
tr.v. brined, brin·ing, brines
To immerse, preserve, or pickle in salt water.
[Middle English, from Old English brīne.]
brin′er n.
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brine
(braɪn)n
1. (Cookery) a strong solution of salt and water, used for salting and pickling meats, etc
2. (Physical Geography) the sea or its water
3. (Elements & Compounds) chem
a. a concentrated solution of sodium chloride in water
b. any solution of a salt in water: a potassium chloride brine.
vb
(tr) to soak in or treat with brine
[Old English brīne; related to Middle Dutch brīne, Old Slavonic bridŭ bitter, Sanskrit bibhrāya burnt]
ˈbrinish adj
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brine
(braɪn)n., v. brined, brin•ing. n.
1. water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
2. a salt and water solution for pickling.
3. the sea or ocean.
4. the water of the sea.
5. any saline solution.
v.t. 6. to treat with or steep in brine.
[before 1000; Middle English; Old English brȳne; c. Middle Dutch brīne]
brine′less, adj.
brin′er, n.
brin′ish, adj.
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brine
(brīn)1. Water saturated with or containing large amounts of a salt, especially sodium chloride.
2. The water of a sea or an ocean.
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brine
Past participle: brined
Gerund: brining
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| Noun | 1. |  brine - water containing salts; "the water in the ocean is all saltwater"atomic number 35, Br, bromine - a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water atomic number 53, I, iodin, iodine - a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks) atomic number 19, potassium, K - a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite atomic number 11, Na, sodium - a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt) common salt, sodium chloride - a white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl) H2O, water - binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent calcium chloride - a deliquescent salt; used in de-icing and as a drying agent red tide - seawater that is discolored by large numbers of certain dinoflagellates that produce saxitoxin evaporite - the sediment that is left after the evaporation of seawater |
| 2. | brine - a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling solution - a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution; "he used a solution of peroxide and water" | |
| Verb | 1. | brine - soak in brine cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
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brine
noun salt water, saline solution, pickling solution Soak the walnuts in brine for four or five days.
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Translations
مَحْلولٌ ملْحي، خَلٌّ
slaný nálev
saltlage
suolavesi
sósvíz
pækill, saltvatn
sūrussūrymas
sālījumssālsūdens
nálev
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brine
n
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brine
(brain) noun very salty water. a jar of olives in brine.
ˈbriny adjective (of water) very salty.
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