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

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. The ocean; the water of an ocean, sea, or salt lake.
3. noun. Tears; -- so called from their saltness.
4. transitive verb. To steep or saturate in brine.
5. transitive verb. To sprinkle with salt or brine; as, to brine hay.
6. noun. a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling
7. noun. water containing salts

   "the water in the ocean is all saltwater"

   Synonyms: saltwater, seawater

8. verb. soak in brine

Synonyms

saltwater, seawater

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in brine:

biner, enrib

Common word forms

brined, briner, brines, brining, brineless

Words from these letters

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