Definitions for marine

marine ma·rine

Spelling: [muh-reen]
IPA: /məˈrin/

Marine is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 159 anagrams from letters in marine (aeimnr).

Definitions for marine

noun

  1. a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
  2. one of a class of naval troops serving both on shipboard and on land.
  3. seagoing ships collectively, especially with reference to nationality or class; shipping in general.
  4. a picture with a marine subject; seascape.
  5. naval affairs, or the department of a government, as in France, having to do with such affairs.

Idioms

  1. dead marine, Australian Slang. an empty bottle of beer or spirits.
  2. tell it / that to the marines!, I don't believe your story; I refuse to be fooled.

adjective

  1. of or relating to the sea; existing in or produced by the sea:
  2. pertaining to navigation or shipping; nautical; naval; maritime.
  3. serving on shipboard, as soldiers.
  4. of or belonging to the marines.
  5. adapted for use at sea:

Origin of marine

1325-75; Middle English maryne Middle French marin (feminine marine) Latin marīnus of the sea, derivative of mare sea; see -ine1

Examples for marine

Of these, oyster or marine shells, burnt shale, and slag are most common.

Among the scores of bystanders watching their small town turn into war zone was a marine veteran who was close with Stone.

The marine reservist then went after his ex-wife, Nicole Hill Stone.

"Anybody who knows anything about marine engines, follow me," he snapped.

The Navy and marine Corps versions of the F-35 have differing configurations and rely on an external gun pod.

Rogers was the local dealer in anchors and other marine ironwork.

Stone, according to marine officials, served eight years in the U.S. marine Corps Reserve.

I met Klay, a marine veteran of Iraq, in 2008 at a writing workshop for veterans run by New York University.

Out of the inanimate rocks had sprung the marine plants—the seaweeds.

It is said, the King is not satisfied with the new Minister of marine.

Word Value for marine
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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