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marination

marination

1 4.1
To soak food in a flavored liquid to add taste and make it softer before cooking
  • noun
  • /ˌmɛrəˈneɪʃən/
translation icon : marinación

Examples

  • I mean, has meat marination not changed your life entirely?

  • This recipe requires 30 minutes of marination time to allow the flavors to meld.

  • For the best results, ensure a thorough marination of your meat overnight.

  • The marination of the vegetables in a tangy dressing enhanced the salad's flavor.

Synonyms

soaking
vsmarination
9 2.7

An act of making something completely wet by putting it in water

is used for food in seasoned liquid to add flavor before cooking
sousing
vsmarination
8.1

Making something very wet by covering it with water or other liquid

is a gentler controlled immersion used to flavor or tenderize food before cooking

How Long

curing
1 3.6
marination
1 4.1
soaking
9 2.7

Surface Forms

marination singular
marinations plural

Morphology

marination = marinate (transparent) = marinate + ion

A regular nominalization from the verb 'marinate' meaning the process or act of marinating; the cooking sense is directly compositional and clear.

Etymology

Marination comes from the same root as marinade and marine; marin- means 'sea' because people once preserved food by soaking it in salty sea water. So, marination is simply letting food 'soak' in a flavored liquid to add taste and make it tender.