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# briny

adjective (brinier, briniest); noun (the briny)

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

## Everyday

1. Briny means salty, like sea water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/briny/#m1)
2. (informal) «The briny» means the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/briny/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales the sea or sea water, tasting of salt

### Examples

- The briny sea splashed on the rocks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/briny/#x1)
- Crabs live in briny water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/briny/#x2)
- We sailed out onto the briny. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/briny/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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