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# brine

noun (brine, uncountable); verb (brine, brines, brined, brining)

«brine» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Very salty water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brine/#m1)
2. Salty water used to keep food fresh or add flavour, such as for pickles or olives. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brine/#m2)
3. (literary) The sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brine/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science lessons, brine is a salt solution, and children evaporate brine to get salt crystals. In cooking, food is soaked in brine. In stories, «the briny» or «the brine» can mean the sea.

### Examples

- The olives are kept in brine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brine/#x1)
- Leave the brine in the sun and salt crystals form. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brine/#x2)
- Gherkins are pickled in brine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brine/#x3)
- Dad brined the turkey overnight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brine/#x4)
- Brine shrimp live in very salty lakes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brine/#x5)
- The old sailor smelled of brine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brine/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable. In maths and science problems, brine is salt dissolved in water; more salt means a stronger solution.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «brine» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brine/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«brine» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/brine.html) on Mova free.