brine
11brine — ► NOUN ▪ water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt, e.g. seawater. ORIGIN Old English …
12brine — At·a·brine; brine; brine·less; brine·man; cu·te·re·brine; pé·brine; scom·brine; um·brine; ze·brine; col·u·brine; …
13brine — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English brȳne; akin to Middle Dutch brīne brine Date: before 12th century 1. a. water saturated or strongly impregnated with common salt b. a strong saline solution (as of calcium chloride) 2. the… …
14brine — brineless, adj. briner, n. brinish, adj. brinishness, n. /bruyn/, n., v., brined, brining. 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 …
15brine — [[t]braɪn[/t]] n. v. brined, brin•ing 1) chem. water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt 2) a salt and water solution for pickling 3) oce the sea or ocean 4) oce the water of the sea 5) chem. any saline solution 6) to treat with or steep… …
16brine — 1) a nearly saturated solution of salt in water. 100° is saturated brine, 358 g of salt added to one litre of water at 16°C. An 80° brine is used in smoking 2) sea water …
17Brine — This unusual name is in fact one of the many variant spellings of the Olde Breton name Brien or Brian introduced by the Normans after the 1066 Invasion. The name is believed to translate from the Celtic Brigh meaning strength which probably… …
18brine — [[t]bra͟ɪn[/t]] brines N MASS Brine is salty water, especially salty water that is used for preserving food. Soak the walnuts in brine for four or five days …
19brine — noun water containing dissolved salt. ↘technical a strong solution of a salt or salts. verb [often as adjective brined] soak or preserve in brine. Origin OE brīne, of unknown origin …
20brine — UK [braɪn] / US noun 1) [uncountable] water that contains a lot of salt a tin of tuna preserved in brine 2) the brine literary the sea …
