marinade
[ noun mar-uh-neyd; verb mar-uh-neyd ]
/ noun ˌmær əˈneɪd; verb ˈmær əˌneɪd /
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.
Words nearby marinade
marikina, marilyn, marimba, marin, marina, marinade, marinara, marinate, marinduque, marine, marine archaeology
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
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH marinade
marinade marinateDictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020
British Dictionary definitions for marinading
marinade
noun (ˌmærɪˈneɪd)
a spiced liquid mixture of oil, wine, vinegar, herbs, etc, in which meat or fish is soaked before cooking
meat or fish soaked in this liquid
verb (ˈmærɪˌneɪd)
a variant of marinate
Word Origin for marinade
C17: from French, from Spanish marinada, from marinar to pickle in brine, marinate
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012