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saline
/ˈseɪ.lin/
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What does saline mean?
adjective
- Containing salt; salty.
- Resembling salt.
noun
- Water containing dissolved salt.
More meanings (7)
noun
- A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.
proper noun
- A village in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
- A city and township in Washtenaw County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Menard County, Texas.
- A ghost town in Box Elder County, Utah, close to the Great Salt Lake.
- A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Saline Township.
- A village in the west of Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT0292).
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈseɪ.lin/
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Before arriving at Rozario, we crossed the Saladillo, a stream of fine clear running water, but too saline to drink.
In nature it is found in sea-water combined with alkaline bases, and in the waters of many saline springs and inland seas.
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In the case of sea-ice, the simple prismatic structure is complicated owing to the presence of saline matter dissolved in the sea water.
Where constipation exists, and the woman is full-blooded, with a tendency to a rush of blood to the head, saline laxatives are indicated.