OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 7350

brine

/bɹaɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
aguasal • salmuera
Salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling.
Do you want a can of tuna in oil or in brine?
Philander went into the next room[…]and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry b…
agua de mar • agua marina • agua marítima
The sea or ocean; the water of the sea.
"Ho, aboard the Salt Junk Sarah, Rollin" home across the line, The Bo'sun collared the Captain's hat And threw it in the brine.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 7351

brine

/bɹaɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
poner en salmuera • salar
To preserve food in a salt solution.