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brine

noun
/ˈbɹaɪ̯n/CA/ˈbɹaːn/

Etymology

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”). Cognates include Old Irish ro·bria (“may hurt, damage”), Latin friāre (“to rub, crumble”), Slovene bríti (“to shave, shear”), Albanian brej (“to gnaw”), Sanskrit बृणाति (bṛṇā́ti, “they injure, hurt”). Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *mriHnós, from *móri (compare Latin marīnus).

  1. derived from *mriHnós✻
  2. derived from *bʰreyH-✻ — “to cut, maim”
  3. inherited from *brīnǭ✻ — “salt water, brine”
  4. inherited from *brīnā✻
  5. inherited from brīne
  6. inherited from brine

Definitions

  1. Salt water

    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?
    • Philander went into the next room[…]and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry bread and some hardtack.

  2. The sea or ocean

    The sea or ocean; the water of the sea.

    • "Ho, aboard the Salt Junk Sarah, Rollin" home across the line, The Bo'sun collared the Captain's hat And threw it in the brine.

  3. To preserve food in a salt solution.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To prepare and flavor food (especially meat) for cooking by soaking in a salt solution.

    2. A surname.

The neighborhood

Derived

brine fly, brine lake, brineless, brine pool, brine shrimp, brinicle, brinish, briny, leach brine, debrine, embrine, briner

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA