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saline

adj

/ˈseɪ.laɪn/UK/ˈseɪ.lin/CA/ˈsæɪ.lɑɪn/

Etymology

PIE word *sḗh₂l From Middle English salyne, from Medieval Latin salīna and Middle French salin, from Latin sal (“salt”).

derived from sal
derived from salin
derived from salīna
inherited from salyne

Definitions

Containing salt
Containing salt; salty.
2
Resembling salt.
- a saline taste
Water containing dissolved salt.
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1. A salt spring
  A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.
2. A number of places in the United States
  A number of places in the United States:
3. A village in the west of Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT0292).

The neighborhood

Derived

desalinise, desalinize, eurysaline, halosaline, hydrosaline, hypersaline, hyposaline, isosaline, mesosaline, nonsaline, oligosaline, phosphosaline, salinate, Saline County, salinely, salineness, salinification, saliniform, salinization, salinize, salinometer, salino-terrene, semisaline, subsaline, supersaline, thermosalinograph, unsaline, normal saline, saline flush

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