Definitions for Brine

Brine brine

Spelling: [brahyn]
IPA: /braɪn/

Brine is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 55 anagrams from letters in Brine (beinr).

Definitions for Brine

noun

  1. water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
  2. a salt and water solution for pickling.
  3. the sea or ocean.
  4. the water of the sea.
  5. Chemistry. any saline solution.

verb (used with object)

  1. to treat with or steep in brine.

Origin of Brine

before 1000; Middle English; Old English brȳne; cognate with Dutch brijn

Examples for Brine

But preserve it by making a brine of fine salt, dissolved in water.

Make a brine of salt and water, strong enough to bear an egg; pour it hot on the asparagus, and let it be closely covered.

The meat must always be kept completely immersed in the brine.

I buy a farm-raised free-range turkey that I usually brine before roasting.

Make a brine of salt and water strong enough to bear an egg.

When they will bear a pin to go into them, boil a brine of salt and water, strong enough to swim an egg, and skim it well.

When it has lain in pickle a few days, it would be advantageous to boil and skim the brine, and pour it on again when cold.

Strain the brine into the jar, so as to be about two inches above the butter.

Let them lie in the brine for four days, turning them all over every day.

Dumping the brine from Point A into Point B is likely to cause lasting ecological damage.

Word Value for Brine
Scrable

7

Words with friends

9

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