marinade

[noun mar-uh-neyd; verb mar-uh-neyd]

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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

Can be confusedmarinade marinate

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Related Words for marinading

bathe, brine, pickle, immerse, steep, season, souse, marinade, salt, keep, cure, can

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

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Word Origin and History for marinading

marinade

1704, from French marinade "spiced vinegar or brine for pickling," from mariner "to pickle" (see marinate). As a verb from 1680s. Related: Marinaded; marinading.