marinade
[noun mar-uh-neyd; verb mar-uh-neyd]
noun
a seasoned liquid, usually of vinegar or wine with oil, herbs, spices, etc., in which meat, fish, vegetables, etc., are steeped before cooking.
meat, fish, vegetables, etc., steeped in it.
verb (used with object), mar·i·nad·ed, mar·i·nad·ing.
to marinate.
Origin of marinade
1675–85; < French < Provençal marinado, noun use of feminine past participle of mariná to cure meat or fish in brine, verbal derivative of marin marine
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Related Words for marinading
bathe, brine, pickle, immerse, steep, season, souse, marinade, salt, keep, cure, canmarinade
noun (ˌmærɪˈneɪd)
verb (ˈmærɪˌneɪd)
Word Origin for marinade
C17: from French, from Spanish marinada, from marinar to pickle in brine, marinate
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