Definition of Brine

1. Verb. Soak in brine.

Category relationships: Cookery, Cooking, Preparation
Generic synonyms: Douse, Dowse, Drench, Soak, Sop, Souse

2. Noun. Water containing salts. "The water in the ocean is all saltwater"

3. Noun. A strong solution of salt and water used for pickling.
Generic synonyms: Solution
Derivative terms: Briny

Definition of Brine

1. n. Water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; pickle; hence, any strong saline solution; also, the saline residue or strong mother liquor resulting from the evaporation of natural or artificial waters.

2. v. t. To steep or saturate in brine.

Definition of Brine

1. Noun. salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling ¹

2. Noun. the sea or ocean; the water of the sea ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To preserve food in a salt solution. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Brine

1. to treat with brine (salted water) [v BRINED, BRINING, BRINES]

Medical Definition of Brine

1. 1. Water saturated or strongly inpregnated with salt; pickle; hence, any strong saline solution; also, the saline residue or strong mother liquor resulting from the evaporation of natural or artificial waters. 2. The ocean; the water of an ocean, sea, or salt lake. "Not long beneath the whelming brine . . . He lay." (Cowper) 3. Tears; so called from their saltness. "What a deal of brine Hath washed thy sallow cheecks for Rosaline!" (Shak) Brine fly, brine which drops from granulated salt in drying, and is preserved to be boiled again. Origin: AS. Bryne a burning, salt liquor, brine, fr. Brinnan, brynnan, to burn. See Burn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brine

brimming
brimonidine
brims
brimstone
brimstones
brimstony
brin
brinded
brindisis
brindle
brindled
brindled gnu
brindled gnus
brindles
brindleyite
brine (current term)
brine fly
brine shrimp
brined
brineless
brinelled
brinelling
briner
briners
brines
bring
bring-and-buy
bring a knife to a gunfight
bring about
bring around

Literary usage of Brine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Agriculturist (1846)
"There is also a large vat to hold brine. This is made of wood, and is elevated above the ... Through the pipe the brine passes from the vat to the cylinder. ..."

2. The American Agriculturist (1846)
"After the blood, air, and gases are expelled, and the meat has remained in the brine for six or eight hours'it is cured. The whole process will require ..."

3. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1891)
"flask to be lowered by a cord M into the brine, where it is enS. tirely submerged. The rise in temperature of the brine and the fall of the temperature of ..."

4. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1808)
"Then they put into the pan two quarts of the following mixture : they take a quart of whites of eggs, beat them thoroughly with as much brine till they are ..."

5. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1902)
"Care is taken in designing coils for brine coolers of this type, so that the pressure required to overcome friction does not exceed ten pounds per square ..."

6. A Handbook of Chemical Technology by Johannes Rudolf Wagner (1872)
"Preparation of Common iteli f This operation is duplex and consists in— 0. Concentrating tho brine. a. By increasing tho quantity of salt. ß. ..."

7. Journal by Folk-Song Society (Great Britain) (1853)
"In the preparation of " common salt," the brine is first raised to a boiling heat, with the double purpose of bringing it as quickly as possible to the ..."

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