brine

[brahyn]

noun

1. water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.

2. a salt and water solution for pickling.

3. the sea or ocean.

4. the water of the sea.

5. Chemistry.,  any saline solution.

verb (used with object)

brined, brining 

1. to treat with or steep in brine.

brine

/ braɪn /

noun

1. a strong solution of salt and water, used for salting and pickling meats, etc

2. the sea or its water

3. chem

   1. a concentrated solution of sodium chloride in water

   2. any solution of a salt in water

      a potassium chloride brine

verb

1. (tr) to soak in or treat with brine

brine

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.

Other Word Forms

• brineless adjective
• briner noun
• brinish adjective
• brinishness noun
• unbrined adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of brine¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English brȳne; cognate with Dutch brijn

Word History and Origins

Origin of brine¹

Old English brīne ; related to Middle Dutch brīne , Old Slavonic bridŭ bitter, Sanskrit bibhrāya burnt

Example Sentences

Electroflow Technologies, a startup that aims to make it cheaper and easier to extract lithium from brines, has raised $10 million in venture funding to support larger trials of its process.

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It’s almost as if the Reds were intimidated even before the game began, as the Dodgers buried them in their thickest pregame brine.

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Maybe some chopped black olives for an extra kick of brine.

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The kind of pickles you use also matters, as some brines lean more sweeter, while others are saltier.

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And he has seen them descend on Mono Lake when the water is teeming with brine shrimp and the larvae and pupae of alkali flies.

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