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, brin·ing.

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

/ brīn /

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.

Derived Forms

• ˈbrinish, adjective

Other Words From

• brineless adjective
• briner noun
• brinish adjective
• brinish·ness noun
• un·brined 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

In desalination, seawater is filtered through a membrane that removes salts, leaving fresh water and a salty brine.

From Science Daily

Whereas in Chile and Argentina the ore is produced by evaporating it from brine collected from under the countries' vast salt plains.

From BBC

Moments before a TV interview, she advised a journalist on how to brine a Thanksgiving turkey.

From Los Angeles Times

Cheesemakers salt other cheeses, like mozzarella, by placing them in a salt solution called a brine.

From Salon

Mono Lake provides habitat for imperiled shorebirds such as Wilson’s phalaropes, which stop at saline lakes during their long migrations, feeding on brine flies and other invertebrates.

From Los Angeles Times

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