brine (br n)n. 1. Water saturated with or containing large amounts of a salt, especially sodium chloride. 2. a. The water of a sea or an ocean. b. A large body of salt water. 3. Salt water used for preserving and pickling foods. tr.v. brined, brin·ing, brines To immerse, preserve, or pickle in salt water. [Middle English, from Old English br ne.]brin  er n. |
brine
Noun
1. a strong solution of salt and water, used for pickling
2. Literary the sea or its water [Old English brīne]
| brine (brn) 1. Water saturated with or containing large amounts of a salt, especially sodium chloride. The high salt content is usually due to evaporation or freezing. 2. The water of a sea or ocean. |
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| Noun | 1. |  brine - water containing salts; "the water in the ocean is all saltwater"atomic number 35, Br, bromine - a nonmetallic heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens; found in sea water atomic number 53, I, iodin, iodine - a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks) atomic number 19, potassium, K - a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite atomic number 11, Na, sodium - a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt) common salt, sodium chloride - a white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl) H2O, water - binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent calcium chloride - a deliquescent salt; used in de-icing and as a drying agent red tide - seawater that is discolored by large numbers of certain dinoflagellates that produce saxitoxin evaporite - the sediment that is left after the evaporation of seawater |
| 2. | brine - a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling solution - a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution; "he used a solution of peroxide and water" | |
| Verb | 1. | brine - soak in brine cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
brine
noun salt water, saline solution, pickling solution
Translations
n brine [brain]
very salty water a jar of olives in brine. pekelwater مَحْلولٌ ملْحي، خَلٌّ марината slaný nálev saltlage die Sole άλμη salmuera soolvesi آب نمک suolavesi saumure מֵי מֶלָח खारा पानी rasol sósvíz air asin pækill, saltvatn salamoia 塩水 소금물 sūrymas sālsūdens; sālījums air garam pekel saltvann, saltlake solanka salmoura saramură рассол (slaný) nálev slanica rasol saltvatten, saltlake น้ำเกลือ tuzlu su, salamura 鹽水 розсіл; ропа کھاری ، نمکین پانی nước mặn 盐水
adj briny
(of water) very salty. sout, siltig مالِح، خَلّي саламура slaný salt salzig αλμυρός (για νερό) salado, salobre tulisoolane خیلی شور suolainen salé, saumâtre מְלוּחִים नमकीन slano sós (vizű) asin sekali saltur salato 塩辛い 소금기 있는 sūrus (par ūdeni) ļoti sāļš air masin zout salt solankowy salgado (foarte) sărat солёный slaný slan veoma slan salt (น้ำ) เค็มมาก çok tuzlu 很鹹的 солоний, солонуватий بہت نمکین mặn 很咸的
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