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marinade definition

mari·nade (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

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

transitive verb marinaded -·nad′ed, marinading -·nad′·ing

marinate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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