Definition of brine in English:

1Water strongly impregnated with salt.

1. 1.1 Seawater.
   ‘dolphins and whales can't help taking in the odd gulp of brine as they swallow a fish’

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   • ‘The water's crawling with the larvae of brine flies and midges these waterfowl love.’
   • ‘Men ran to the rail with torches and peered down at the brine, hoping to catch sight of her.’
   • ‘They framed the vast expanse of brine and muddy flats where Hunt set up shop.’
   • ‘A few stones were dislodged by the movement and tumbled into the brine with their earlier neighbours.’
   • ‘You are still just treading water, gulping brine into your empty heart and lungs.’
   • ‘Despite the numbing cold, he was aware of intense pain as the brine bit into his wounds.’
   • ‘His hands gripped pallidly upon the rail, and they were white with more than just the chill brine of the sea.’
   • ‘A trace of an ocean breeze, brine and seaweed, lingered in the air for just an instant, and was gone.’
   • ‘The brine dries white on our dark faces and arms.’
   • ‘The brine tank lay on the port side of the compartment.’
   • ‘Ashore a spume of brine water rains from an overhanging crag and sluices back through the beach.’
   • ‘He'll just swim way out and start gargling brine.’
   • ‘I was wrenched back into the frigid brine, unconscious, and helpless.’
   • ‘In England, the relative lack of sunshine meant that salt was usually made by heating brine artificially.’
   • ‘Who's willing to put themselves on the line for these mysterious little creatures of the murky brine?’
2. 1.2with modifier Salty water that has been used to preserve a specified food.
   ‘the classic dirty martini includes a few drops of olive brine’

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   • ‘Halloumi is creamy white with a fibrous texture, and is firmer, less brittle and generally less salty than Feta, even though it is also soaked in brine during manufacture.’
   • ‘Pickling in brine had already been done for centuries.’
   • ‘The three best known varieties are; tangy cracked green olives soaked in a salt brine, delicate tan or violet olives, and sharp, dry-cured, black olives.’
   • ‘Black olives are picked when ripe and are pickled in brine and sometimes then in oil.’
   • ‘My Uncle Phil taught me how to make this dill pickle brine.’
   • ‘One principal difference is whether the meat is dry salted or soaked in brine.’
   • ‘The beef is soaked in brine, brown sugar, juniper berries, and spices for any time between three weeks and three months.’
   • ‘Whether it is canned in oil, brine, or spring water, canned tuna is low in omega 3 essential fats.’
   • ‘Jimenez was treating the cut with anti-bacterial ointment and pickle brine.’
   • ‘Also very different from anything found in this part of the world are small dishes called turshi (vegetables soaked in spicy brine).’
   • ‘Fish sauce is what you get when you leave anchovies or similar small fish to pickle in brine until nearly dissolved, and then filter the resulting liquid.’
   • ‘Molly explained: "We thought a few olive trees would be a good idea so that we could have our own olives in brine and enough oil for the year."’
   • ‘Make a Dirty Martini cocktail by increasing the vermouth and adding olive brine.’
   • ‘Red herring are fish which have been first soaked in brine with saltpetre added, then hung up to dry before being subjected to a heavy smoking - ideally over oak, beech, and turf.’
   • ‘We purchase Spanish chorizo and Roquefort cheese and gherkins in brine and red chillies in olive oil.’
   • ‘The salmon they carried from Berwick was boiled, pickled in brine and delivered in barrels known as kitts.’
   • ‘Quickly follow the vermouth with a splash of olive brine, a squeeze of lime and three dashes of bitters.’
3. 1.3technical A strong solution of a salt or salts.
   Example sentences

   • ‘Although not commonly used, potassium chloride can be used to create the salt brine.’
   • ‘It is full of brine at a terrific density, about two-and-a-half pounds of salt to the gallon.’
   • ‘Chlorine is a basic industrial chemical, prepared in immense quantities by electrolysis of brine.’
   • ‘The resin then must be ‘regenerated’ with a salt (sodium chloride) brine solution before further treatment can occur.’
   • ‘The brine solution cools the product down while at the same time, adds salt to the cheese.’

Soak or preserve in salty water.