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brine
/ˈbɹaɪ̯n/
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What does brine mean?
noun
- Salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling.
- The sea or ocean; the water of the sea.
verb
- To preserve food in a salt solution.
More meanings (2)
verb
- To prepare and flavor food (especially meat) for cooking by soaking in a salt solution.
proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈbɹaɪ̯n/
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During the winter it consists of a shallow lake of brine, which in summer is converted into a field of snow-white salt.
To do this, the olives are removed from the brine and exposed to light and air freely for one or two days.
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It occurs combined with potassium and sodium in many mineral waters, such as the brine spring of Ashby-de-la-Zouche, and other strongly saline springs.
Both are bold, bluff headlands looking to the west, both have huge rocks in their vicinity, rising from the bosom of the brine.
At three feet brine may begin to trickle into the hole, and this increases in amount until the worker is in a puddle.