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Synonyms for brine

Most common

sea water salt-water sea pickle

All synonyms

Noun

1. Salt-water

salt-water, sea water

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling.

    Do you want a can of tuna in oil or in brine?

Related words

Word family
briny
Phrases
brine pool brine lake

Forms

Plural
brines → salt-waters, pickles, seas, oceans…

Example sentences

  • sea Migrants from the continent crossed the Japan sea.
  • pickle Don't wave that pickle at me while you're talking!

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
brinefalling
seasteady
picklerising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
sea1
4 letters
main1, deep1
5 letters
ocean2
6 letters
pickle2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ocean2 = 2 syllables).