Definition of Salinate

1. Verb. Add salt to. "Salinated solution"

Generic synonyms: Change
Antonyms: Desalinate
Derivative terms: Saline

Definition of Salinate

1. Verb. To add salt to. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Salinate

salifiable
salification
salified
salifies
salify
salifying
saligenin
saligot
saligots
salimeter
salimeters
salimetries
salimetry
salina period
salinas
salinate (current term)
salinated
salinates
salinating
salination
salinations
saline
saline agglutinin
saline conditions
saline evaporite
saline evaporites
saline solution
saline water
salinely
salineness

Literary usage of Salinate

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

1. The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by John Timbs (1877)
"... rush down the slopes and disappear in the sands, or mix with the noxious waters of the lagoons ere they penetrate and salinate the soil to any depth. ..."

2. Saint Louis Medical and Surgical Journal (1879)
"The bases contained in the juice are not sufficient to salinate the hydrochloric acid, which agrees with Schmidt's ..."

3. Geological and Geotechnical Engineering in the New Millennium: Opportunities by National Research Council (2006)
"... can play a role in developing efficient irrigation schemes that do not salinate the soil. Remediation and prevention of water pollution are critical. ..."

4. Little Love Stories of Manhattan by Melville Chater, Amy Richards, Grafton Press (1904)
"Vainly did Five ossify his rival's toast, salinate his coffee, ice water his wheats, plant toothpicks in his pie, win back abandoned eggs to desperate ..."

5. Dizionario geografico, storico, statistico, commerciale degli stati di S.M by Vittorio Angius (1847)
"Secondo le osservazioni già falte nel corso di varii anni, si vendono annualmente per approssimazione 1250 salinate di vino, che calcolate a lire 16 la ..."

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