brine
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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)
6.
to treat with or steep in brine.
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Brine
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Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English brȳne; cognate with Dutch brijn
before 1000; Middle English; Old English brȳne; cognate with Dutch brijn
Related forms
brine·less, adjective
brin·er, noun
brin·ish, adjective
brin·ish·ness, noun
un·brined, adjective
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brine (braɪn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a strong solution of salt and water, used for salting and pickling meats, etc |
| 2. | the sea or its water |
| 3. | chem |
| a. a concentrated solution of sodium chloride in water | |
| b. any solution of a salt in water: a potassium chloride brine | |
| —vb | |
| 4. | (tr) to soak in or treat with brine |
| [Old English brīne; related to Middle Dutch brīne, Old Slavonic bridŭ bitter, Sanskrit bibhrāya burnt] | |
| 'brinish | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
brine
O.E. bryne, origin unknown; no known cognates beyond Du. brijn, Flem. brijne.
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Science Dictionary
brine (brīn) Pronunciation Key
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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brine
salt water, particularly a highly concentrated water solution of common salt (sodium chloride). Natural brines occur underground, in salt lakes, or as seawater and are commercially important sources of common salt and other salts, such as chlorides and sulfates of magnesium and potassium.
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Example sentences
Soaking the loin in a salt and sugar brine greatly reduces the chances of dry pork.
For instance, brine is the term for salt solutions used in curing or pickling preservation processes.
As salt is dissolved and brine is removed from the formation, the cavity grows in size.
Salt rich water, or brine, could meet the requirements at the near-surface environment of the crater walls.
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