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brine
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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
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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

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

2brine

transitive verb
brined brin·ing

Definition of BRINE

: to treat (as by steeping) with brine
— brin·er noun

First Known Use of BRINE

1552

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