brine

¹brine

noun \ˈbrīn\

Definition of BRINE

1

a : water saturated or strongly impregnated with common salt b : a strong saline solution (as of calcium chloride)

2

: the water of a sea or salt lake

Examples of BRINE

1. The chicken was soaked in brine before it was roasted.
2. <for hundreds of years people from Atlantic Canada have made their living from the brine>

Origin of BRINE

Middle English, from Old English brȳne; akin to Middle Dutch brīne brine

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to BRINE

Synonyms: blue, ocean, deep, Neptune, sea, seven seas

Related Words: blue water, high seas, main, waters; basin; Davy Jones's locker, depths

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Other Chemical Engineering Terms

alkali, cation, decant, hygroscopic, isotope, oxidize, slurry, solute, viscous

Rhymes with BRINE

bine, chine, cline, dine, dyne, fine, Jain, line, Main, mine, nine, pine, Quine, Rhine, rind, shine, shrine, sign, spine, spline, stein, swine, syne, thine, tine, trine, twine, vine, whine, wine