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# briny

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

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) Briny means salty, like sea water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/briny/#m1)

2) (informal) «The briny» means the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/briny/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales the sea or sea water, tasting of salt

### examples

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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