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brine

brine

17 3.6
Very salty water used to preserve food, like pickles
  • noun
  • /braɪn/
translation icon : salmuera
  • l told you to cure the lox in the brine and then smoke it.
  • salt brine
  • brine shrimp

Now they're also saying it's salt water brine, right?

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Examples

  • The melted butter had hardened, and pools of brine had formed on the platter.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • So for example, if I look at something like brine, brine is salt dissolved in water.

  • The ocean smelled strongly of brine, but the wind had died.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Early residents produced salt from seven large brine springs, or salines, across the region.

    Academic text (2004)
  • This cabbage has been soaked in brine... for two years in great vats.

  • Yeah, it's a liter size jar, but it's just these green beans, garlic, dill and a saltwater brine solution.

  • Tails of lizards, ears of swine, chicken gizzards soaked in brine.

  • The cucumbers were placed in a brine to enhance their flavor and preserve them.

  • Before cooking, the chef soaked the chicken in a brine solution to keep it moist.

  • The ocean's brine is rich in salt, making it difficult for many plants to grow nearby.

Synonyms

seawater
vsbrine
  • Specialized
41 1.0

Water from the sea that contains salt

is used mainly to preserve or pickle food rather than being natural ocean water
saltwater
vsbrine
33 1.0

Water that has a lot of salt, like the sea

is used mainly to preserve or pickle food rather than simply salty water

Antonyms

33 1.6

Water that is not salty, found in lakes or rivers and used for drinking

Compounds

2 6.1

A small animal like a tiny shrimp that lives in very salty water and is used as food for fish

How Salty

brine
17 3.6
seawater
  • Specialized
41 1.0
fresh water
41 1.0

Surface Forms

brine singular
brines plural

Etymology

Brine comes from an old English word that meant 'salt water' or 'sea water'. That's why brine today is the very salty water used to preserve food or found in the sea.