American English Dictionary
Definition of “brine”
Word Frequency
brine (braɪn
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Definitions
noun
- water full of salt; heavily saturated salt solution, as for use in pickling
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- the water of the sea
- the sea; ocean
transitive verb
Word forms: brined, ˈbrining
- to soak in or treat with brine
Word Origin
ME & OE; prob. < IE *bhrēi-, to cut (> L friare, to crumble) < base * bher-, to cut; orig. sense “cutting, sharp”Example Sentences Including 'brine'
One of the marine iguanas made a sharp sneezing sound, spitting through its nose to clear the brine , and a few others followed suit.MINUTES TO BURN (2001)
The Martian took no right turn when available was left soaking in an old time brine vat.Exquisite Corpse (2000)
The bird they studied is the eared grebe, which eats brine shrimp from May to December.USA Today (2005)
There, salt trucks have been fitted with tanks that spray out a brine solution, at a cost of roughly $100,000.Philadelphia Enquirer (2004)
They seemed to have sunk from their perch on the banks of the Mousam River into the brine of my own cells.Remembering The Bone House (1990)
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