brine

n.

1. Water saturated with or containing large amounts of a salt, especially sodium chloride.
2. 1. The water of a sea or an ocean.
   2. A large body of salt water.
3. Salt water used for preserving and pickling foods.

tr.v., brined, brin·ing, brines.

To immerse, preserve, or pickle in salt water.

[Middle English, from Old English brīne.]

briner brin'er n.

The process of soaking vegetables in brine before pickling in vinegar, in order to remove some of the water, and retain a crisp texture. Dry brining is when the vegetables are covered with dry salt, rather than immersed in a salt solution.

A strong solution of water and salt used for pickling or preserving foods. A sweetener such as sugar or molasses is sometimes added to brine.

In a refrigeration system, any liquid used as a heat transfer medium which remains as a liquid and which has either a flashpoint above 150°F (66°C) or no flashpoint; usually a water solution of inorganic salts.

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A salt solution used in the curing of meat. Standard ingredients are sodium chloride (15 to 30%) and sodium nitrate (0.15 to 1.50%) but many other ingredients may be added for special effects.

• b. shrimp — see artemia.
• b. staining — caused by leaky pipes carrying coolant in meat storage cold rooms. The coolant is usually calcium chloride and the stain is a pale green.

IN BRIEF: A mixture of salt and water.

The turkey was very tender after it was soaked in brine.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - saltvand, saltopløsning
v. tr. - lægge i saltlage

Nederlands (Dutch)
pekel, zeewater, inpekelen

Français (French)
n. - eau de mer, saumure, mer, océan (littér)
v. tr. - imprégner de saumure, saumurer

Deutsch (German)
n. - Salzwasser, Pökellake
v. - salzen, (poet.) mit Tränen überfluten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σαλαμούρα, άρμη, (μτφ.) νερό της θάλασσας

Italiano (Italian)
salamoia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - salmoura (f)

Русский (Russian)
рассол

Español (Spanish)
n. - salmuera
v. tr. - poner en salmuera

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - saltvatten, saltlak, tårar

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
盐水, 用浓盐水处理

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 鹽水
v. tr. - 用濃鹽水處理

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 소금물, 바다, 염류 용액
v. tr. - 소금물에 절이다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 塩水
v. - 塩水につける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مياه البحر, محلول مالح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מי-מלח (לשימור מזון), מי-ים‬
v. tr. - ‮טבל במי-מלח או מי-ים‬

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