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brine

/ˈbɹaɪ̯n/

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What does brine mean?

noun

  1. Salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling.
  2. The sea or ocean; the water of the sea.

verb

  1. To preserve food in a salt solution.
More meanings (2)

verb

  1. To prepare and flavor food (especially meat) for cooking by soaking in a salt solution.

proper noun

  1. 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.
Charles DarwinThe Voyage of the BeagleProject Gutenberg ebook #944
To do this, the olives are removed from the brine and exposed to light and air freely for one or two days.
Edward J. (Edward James) WicksonOne Thousand Questions in California Agriculture AnsweredProject Gutenberg ebook #5152
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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.
S. D. (Samuel Dwight) HumphreyAmerican Hand Book of the DaguerreotypeProject Gutenberg ebook #167
Both are bold, bluff headlands looking to the west, both have huge rocks in their vicinity, rising from the bosom of the brine.
George BorrowWild Wales: Its People, Language and SceneryProject Gutenberg ebook #648
At three feet brine may begin to trickle into the hole, and this increases in amount until the worker is in a puddle.
Douglas, Sir MawsonThe Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914Project Gutenberg ebook #6137