brine
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
brine (uncountable)
- Salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling.
- Do you want a can of tuna in oil or in brine?
- The sea or ocean; the water of the sea.
- 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene ii], page 3 ↗:
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- French: saumure
- German: Sole, Salzbrühe, Lake
- Italian: salamoia
- Portuguese: salmoura
- Russian: рассо́л
- Spanish: salmuera
- German: Meerwasser, Salzwasser
- Russian: мо́ре
- Spanish: agua de mar
brine (brines, present participle brining; past and past participle brined)
- (transitive) To preserve food in a salt solution.
- (transitive) To prepare and flavor food (especially meat) for cooking by soaking in a salt solution.
- Italian: mettere in salamoia
- Portuguese: salmourar
- Russian: соли́ть
- Spanish: poner en salmuera, salar
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