brine
/braɪn/noun
उच्चारण ब्राइन
नमकीन पानी, खारा पानी
Core word
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[U]
water that contains a lot of salt, used especially for keeping food fresh
नमकीन पानी, खारा पानी
- The mangoes are soaked in brine before pickling.
- olives in brine
- Leave the cucumbers in brine for a week.
+ 2 more examples
- Fish was kept in brine to stop it from spoiling.
- The cheese is stored in brine to keep it fresh.
Synonyms salt water pickle
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[U] literary
the water in the sea
समुद्र का खारा पानी
- the smell of the brine
- The sailors tasted the brine on their lips.
- The cold brine splashed over the deck of the ship.
+ 2 more examples
- The sailor longed to leave the brine and return to land.
- The poet wrote of brine and wind and endless waves.
Synonyms sea
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
brine (uncountable)
Brine is an uncountable noun, so it takes no plural and no a before it.
'Brine' uncountable noun है, इसलिए इसका plural नहीं होता और इसके पहले a नहीं आता।
- Fish are often stored in brine.
- The brine in the barrel was very salty.
in brine / in a brine of ...
Use in to say that food is kept or soaked in the salt solution.
भोजन को नमक के घोल में रखने या भिगोने के लिए in का प्रयोग होता है।
- Olives are kept in brine for months.
- The cucumbers were soaked in a brine of salt and water.
brine (sea water, literary)
In writing, brine can also mean the salty water of the sea.
लेखन में 'brine' समुद्र के खारे पानी के लिए भी आ सकता है।
- The sailors tasted the brine on their lips.
brine + noun
Brine works as a modifier before nouns that name the process or the animals living in salty water.
Brine उन nouns से पहले modifier की तरह आता है जो प्रक्रिया या खारे पानी के जीव बताते हैं।
- Brine shrimp live in salt lakes.
- A brine solution was used to preserve the fish.
brine vs salt water
Brine is a strong salt solution used in food or industry; salt water is the ordinary word and also covers the sea.
'Brine' भोजन या उद्योग में प्रयुक्त नमक का गाढ़ा घोल है; 'salt water' सामान्य शब्द है और समुद्र के पानी को भी बताता है।
- Fish live in salt water but pickles are kept in brine.
+Collocations 5
verb + brine
soak inpreserve inpickle incure inboil in
- The cheese is cured in brine for two weeks.
adjective + brine
saltystrongcoldweakclear
- A strong brine is needed to keep the pickles fresh.
brine + noun
shrimpsolutiontankpoolbath
- The brine pool is a rich source of salt.
food kept in brine
olivescheesepicklesmeatfish
- Fish kept in brine lasts for several months.
brine + related words
saltvinegarspicesevaporationsalinity
- Spices and vinegar are often added to the brine for flavour.
“More examples 6
- Radhika's grandmother put raw mangoes in brine to make a pickle.
राधिका की दादी ने अचार बनाने के लिए कच्चे आमों को नमक के घोल में डाल दिया।
- Brine is made by dissolving salt in water.
Brine पानी में नमक घोलकर बनाया जाता है।
- Salt is collected by drying brine in the sun.
धूप में brine सुखाकर नमक इकट्ठा किया जाता है।
- The old fisherman's face was rough from years of salt and brine.
बूढ़े मछुआरे का चेहरा वर्षों के नमक और खारे पानी से खुरदरा हो गया था।
- Meat was once kept in brine to stop it from going bad.
कभी माँस को ख़राब होने से बचाने के लिए नमक के घोल में रखा जाता था।
- The chemistry students tested how much salt a litre of brine could hold.
रसायन के विद्यार्थियों ने जाँचा कि एक लीटर brine में कितना नमक घुल सकता है।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ She added some brines to the pickle.
✓ She added some brine to the pickle.
Brine is uncountable and has no plural form.
'Brine' uncountable है और उसका plural रूप नहीं होता।
✗ The olives were kept on brine.
✓ The olives were kept in brine.
Food kept inside a liquid is in it, not on it.
तरल के भीतर रखा भोजन 'in' होता है, 'on' नहीं।
✗ The pickle is preserved by a brine.
✓ The pickle is preserved in brine.
Uncountable brine takes no a, and in is used for the liquid that holds the food.
Uncountable 'brine' के साथ a नहीं लगता और भोजन को रखने वाले तरल के लिए in आता है।