brine

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noun

ˈbrīn 

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

brine

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verb

brined; brining

transitive verb

: to treat (as by steeping) with brine

briner noun

Synonyms of brine

Noun

• sea
• ocean

Examples of brine in a Sentence

Noun

The chicken was soaked in brine before it was roasted.

for hundreds of years people from Atlantic Canada have made their living from the brine

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Alex Garcia’s cheeseburger tartare is a mound of rib-eye sliced by hand into dice-sized squares of meat, dressed in a vinaigrette that zips with pickle brine, soy, mustard and even a squirt or two of ketchup. —Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026

Corned beef starts with fresh beef brisket and a curing brine that includes salt, spices, and sugar. —Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 4 Mar. 2026

Verb

Pastrami just means brined, rubbed, and smoked. —Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Mar. 2026

Over a 48-hour process, the duck is brined in tea, then smoked and dried. —Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Noun

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

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

1552, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing brine

• brine shrimp

Rhymes for brine

• cline
• dine
• fein
• fine
• gwine
• hine
• jain
• klein
• kline
• line
• mine
• nine

Kids Definition

brine

noun

ˈbrīn

1

: water containing a great deal of salt

2

: the water of a sea or salt lake