What does "marinade" mean?

A seasoned, often acidic liquid mixture in which food is marinated, or soaked, usually to flavor and prepare it for cooking.

What is a synonym for "marinade"?

Common synonyms include: condiment, corn, cure, dehydrate, desiccate, dry.

Pronounced //ˌmɛɹɪˈneɪd//.

//ˌmɛɹɪˈneɪd// noun, verb

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Noun

1
A seasoned, often acidic liquid mixture in which food is marinated, or soaked, usually to flavor and prepare it for cooking. countable, uncountable
"I like to use a lemon marinade with chicken."
2
mixtures of vinegar or wine and oil with various spices and seasonings; used for soaking foods before cooking wordnet

Verb

1
To marinate.
"You could just use ordinary shop-bought kecap manis to marinade the meat, but making your own is easy, has a far more elegant fragrance and is, above all, such a great brag! Flavouring kecap manis is an intensely personal thing, so try this version now and next time cook the sauce down with crushed, split lemongrass and a shredded lime leaf."
2
soak in marinade wordnet

"They discovered how to marinade meat with pomegranate molasses."

Borrowed from French marinade.

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