brine
brine
Definition
brine (brīn)
noun
- water full of salt; heavily saturated salt solution, as for use in pickling
- the water of the sea
- the sea; ocean
Etymology: ME & OE; prob. < IE *bhrēi-, to cut (> L friare, to crumble) < base *bher-, to cut; orig. sense “cutting, sharp”
transitive verb brined, brin′·ing
to soak in or treat with brine
brine
Synonyms
brine
n.
brine
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- evaporate: However, to produce white salt, a different process of evaporating brine is employed.
- boil: It was probably made by boiling brine to dryness on a small scale in many places.
- saturate: Appendix on handling emulsions, e.g. breaking up an emulsion by adding saturated brine.
Adjective modifier
- basinal: Fluid inclusion and oxygen isotope data are typical of basinal brines.
- concentrated: They are highly saline, as they grow from a thin layer of concentrated brine that forms above the sea ice.
- natural: The pan would have been used to evaporate natural brine to produce salt, which was important to the Romans as a food preservative.
- hot: Hot brine from the geothermal well today provides only 18 % of the total district heating mix.
- strong: Amber can float in strong brine, but not sea water.
Modifies a noun
- shrimp: The brine shrimp embryo also requires less energy to break through a hatching membrane than a thick outer shell.
- nauplius: After you've fed some brine shrimp nauplii take a look at your fry.
- pit: Some were probably brine pits associated with salt production.
- bath: Right, let's make up a brine bath.
- channel: Linkages between salinity and brine channel distribution in young sea ice.
- solution: The salt is removed by forming a brine solution deep underground which is then pumped out.
Modifying Another Word
- together: The Finance Group is a more specialized group brining together those involved in student finance to share ideas.
Noun used with modifier
- baby: Baby brine shrimp would also be a welcome addition.
- salt: Not all the way, with the salt brine.
- adult: After about three weeks or so, the fry can be weaned onto frozen adult brine shrimp and crushed flake food.
Followed by a transitive particle
- up: Through out all this, we kept brining up the idea of getting a " major sponsor " for the conference.
Preposition: in
- pan: The salt, much favored by cooks, is manufactured in very traditional fashion by boiling brine in large pans.
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