Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Water containing dissolved salt.

  2. (countable, uncountable)A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.

    Saline

More definitions
  • an isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Is a saline diet healthy or unhealthy?

    Сольова дієта корисна чи шкідлива? — Ahha

    deIst salzhaltige Kost gesundheitsschädlich oder gesundheitsfördernd? — raggione

  2. Show me how to make 10% saline solution.

    ruПокажи мне, как сделать десятипроцентный физраствор. — Ooneykcall

  3. He had to bathe the wound three times a day with a saline solution.

    deEr musste die Wunde dreimal täglich in einer Salzlösung baden. — brauchinet

  4. You see, Kyohei, this question ... it's about saline solution but ...

    ruВидите ли, Кёхэй, этот вопрос... он о соляном растворе, но... — Hellerick

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  5. The Dead Sea is a salt lake with the most saline water on earth.

    ruМёртвое море - это соляное озеро с самой солёной водой на Земле. — Biga

Translations

1 languages
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By meaning 1
place where salt is collected:

Forms

plural: salines
Singularsaline
Pluralsalines

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
water containing dissolved salt:saline solution
Close in meaning
  • an isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water:saline solution

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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