brine
/braɪn/
verb
- To soak or preserve food in a saltwater solution.
- The chef likes to brine pork chops to keep them tender.
- She decided to brine the chicken overnight for extra flavor.
- You should brine the olives for at least a week before eating them.
noun
- Water that is heavily saturated with salt, used for preserving or pickling food.
- The pickles were stored in a jar of brine with dill and garlic.
- Before cooking, the turkey was soaked in a brine to keep it moist.
- The old recipe called for a brine made from sea salt and water.
- The salty water of an ocean or sea.
- Certain fish thrive only in the brine of the open ocean.
- The sailors collected brine from the sea to make salt.
- Brine from the ocean is too salty for drinking.