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brine
brine is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; pickle; hence, any strong saline solution; also, the saline residue or strong mother liquor resulting from the evaporation of natural or artificial waters. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 8 senses
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- 1noun
Water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; pickle; hence, any strong saline solution; also, the saline residue or strong mother liquor resulting from the evaporation of natural or artificial waters.
- 2noun
The ocean; the water of an ocean, sea, or salt lake.
- 3noun
Tears; -- so called from their saltness.
- 4transitive verb
To steep or saturate in brine.
- 5transitive verb
To sprinkle with salt or brine; as, to brine hay.
- 6noun
a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling
- 7noun
water containing salts
"the water in the ocean is all saltwater"
- 8verb
soak in brine
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