brine
brine / brīn/ • n. water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt. ∎ seawater: dolphins and whales can't help taking in the odd gulp of brine as they swallow a fish. ∎ technical a strong solution of a salt or salts.• v. [tr.] [often as adj.] (brined) soak in or saturate with salty water: brined anchovies.
brine
brine Salt solutions of varying concentrations used in pickling. ‘Fresh’ brine may have added nitrite; ‘live’ brine contains micro‐organisms that convert nitrate to nitrite (pickling salts).
brine
brine A concentrated solution of inorganic salts, formed by the partial evaporation of saline waters. See also GEOTHERMAL BRINE.
brine
brine A concentrated solution of inorganic salts, formed by the partial evaporation of saline waters.
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