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brininess

brininess

1 7.2
The strong taste of salt in water or food
  • noun
  • /ˈbraɪnɪnəs/
translation icon : salinidad
  • The chef described the dish's brininess as a key flavor that enhanced the seafood.

Examples

  • It features an outdoor oyster bar where you can look at the bay where your meal was pulled from that morning, the beautiful view adding to the fresh brininess of the shellfish.

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  • The notes in a good sherry have a lot of parallels with dessert: nutty, caramel, with a hint of brininess that goes well with pies.

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  • The bright, bubbly liquid nearly pops in our mouths with the brininess of the fish eggs, and its simplicity provides the perfect showcase for the wines to be tasted.

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  • The ocean's brininess made the waves taste salty as we walked along the shore.

  • Adding olives to the salad introduced a pleasant brininess that balanced the other flavors.

Synonyms

saltiness
vsbrininess
2 1.0

The taste of salt in food or drink

focuses on salt level in liquids specifically rather than taste alone
salinity
vsbrininess
5.8

How salty something tastes

is the general degree of salt in a liquid rather than a technical measure
brackishness
vsbrininess
7.8

Slight salt in water where a river meets the sea

refers to salt amount in liquids generally, not only slight mixed water

How Salty

salinity
  • Specialized
6 5.3
brininess
1 7.2

Surface Forms

brininess singular
brininesses plural

Morphology

brininess = briny (transparent) = brine + y + ness

Formed by the regular adjective 'briny' + the noun-forming suffix '-ness', producing a noun meaning the quality of being salty.

Etymology

Brininess comes from brine ('salty water') and the ending -ness, which turns a word into a 'quality'. So, brininess means the 'saltiness' of something, as in the 'briny' sea or the brine used for pickles.