nigari
Bittern: the liquor remaining after halite has been harvested from saline water, used…Bittern: the liquor remaining after halite (common salt) has been harvested from saline water (brine), used as a coagulating agent in the manufacture of tofu.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)Bittern: the liquor remaining after halite (common salt) has been harvested from saline water (brine), used as a coagulating agent in the manufacture of tofu.
(uncountable)Salt derived from bittern, a powdered form also used in making tofu
Origin
From Japanese 苦汁 (nigari, “bittern”).From Japanese 苦汁 (nigari, “bittern”).
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable