brine
Salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water…Salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling.
» The olives are subsequently placed in brine.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable, usually)Salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling.
Do you want a can of tuna in oil or in brine?
Sole, Salzbrühe, Lake
рассо́лrassól, рапа́rapá
розсі́лrozsíl, росі́лrosíl, ропа́ropá
a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling
(uncountable, usually)The sea or ocean; the water of the sea.
Meerwasser, Salzwasser
мо́реmóre, океа́нokeán, морска́я вода́morskája vodá
water containing salts
Examples
3 sentencesThe olives are subsequently placed in brine.
Tunnels within sea ice called brine channels house bacteria and algae that feed flatworms and other tunnel-dwelling creatures.
Tom put some hard-boiled eggs in a jar, boiled some pickle brine, and poured it over the eggs.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English brine, bryne, from Old English brīne, from Proto-West Germanic *brīnā,From Middle English brine, bryne, from Old English brīne, from Proto-West Germanic *brīnā, from Proto-Germanic *brīnǭ (“salt water, brine”) (compare Scots brime, West Frisian brein, Dutch brijn (“brine”), West Flemish brijne), of unknown ultimate origin, but probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH- (“to cut, maim”).
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Forms
plural: brines| Singular | brine |
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uncountable
Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable