marinade

(mar′ə nād)

noun

  1. a spiced pickling solution, esp. a mixture of oil, wine or vinegar, and spices, in which meat, fish, etc. is steeped, often before cooking
  2. meat or fish thus steeped

Origin: Fr < Sp marinada < marinar, to pickle in brine < marino < L marinus: see marine

transitive verb marinaded, marinading

marinate

See marinade in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A liquid mixture, usually of vinegar or wine and oil with various spices and herbs, in which meat, fowl, fish, or vegetables are soaked before cooking.
transitive verb (mărˈə-nādˌ) mar·i·nad·ed, mar·i·nad·ing, mar·i·nades
To soak (food) in such a mixture; marinate.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , probably from Italian marinare, to marinate

Origin: , from Latin (aqua) marīna, sea(water), brine, pickle

Origin: , feminine of marīnus, of the sea; see Marine 

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