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# brine

«brine» in Mova's school dictionary: **Very salty water** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) Very salty water. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brine/#m2)

3) (literary) The sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brine/#m3)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «brine» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brine/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.