Brine

Pronunciation

• enPR: brÄ«n, IPA: /braɪn/
• Rhymes: -aɪn

Origin

From Old English brȳne, from Proto-Germanic *brein- (compare West Frisian brein, Dutch brijn), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHi- ("to cut, maim") (compare Old Irish ro·bria ("may hurt, damage"), Latin friāre ("to rub, crumble"), Slovene bríti ("to shave, shear"), Albanian brej ("to gnaw"), Sanskrit (bhrīņā́ti, "they injure, hurt")

Full definition of brine

Noun

1. 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?
• 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, Mr. Pratt's Patients Chapter 8, 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 bread and some hardtack.
2. The sea or ocean; the water of the sea.

Derived terms

• briny

Verb

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

Antonyms

• debrine
• desalinate

Anagrams

• biner