Brine Definition

brīn
brined, brines, brining
noun
brines
Water saturated with or containing large amounts of a salt, especially sodium chloride.
American Heritage
The water of the sea.
Webster's New World
Water full of salt; heavily saturated salt solution, as for use in pickling.
Webster's New World
The sea; ocean.
Webster's New World
A large body of salt water.
American Heritage
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verb
brined, brines, brining
To soak in or treat with brine.
Webster's New World
To immerse, preserve, or pickle in salt water.
American Heritage

To preserve food in a salt solution.

Wiktionary

Origin of Brine

  • From Old English brȳne, from Proto-Germanic *brein- (compare West Frisian brein, Dutch brijn), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHi- (“to cut, maim”) (compare Old Irish ro·bria (“may hurt, damage”), Latin friāre (“to rub, crumble”), Slovene bríti (“to shave, shear”), Albanian brej (“to gnaw”), Sanskrit [script?] (bhrīņā́ti, “they injure, hurt”)

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English brīne

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Brine Sentence Examples

  • In the neighbourhood are brine springs and a spa (Wilhelmsbad).

  • Many brine springs also occur in a more or less saturated condition.

  • One difference between the manufacture of salt from rock-salt brine as carried on in Britain and on the Continent lies in the use in the latter case of closed or covered pans, except in the making of fine salt, whereas in Britain open ones are employed.

  • The principal occupation is the manufacture of the salt obtained from the brine springs or wyches, to which the town probably owes both its name and its origin.

  • Salt, in the form of brine, is sometimes present in coal.

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Words Starting With

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ENEINE

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