briny Definition
briny (brīn′ē)
adjective brin′i·er, brin′i·est
of or like brine; very salty
briny Related Forms
brin′i·ness noun
briny Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- sea: He would swear, for all his oaks fallen beneath the dockyard strokes, Have rotted on the briny seas.
- water: This distinctive texture is familiar to geologists as the sites where crystals of salt minerals form within rocks that sit in briny water.
- air: At present we are living by the sea, and the space around us feeds our spirit with the briny air.
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