Salinize
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 to become or render salty ambitransitive
"Salinized drinking water probably is the best insurance that the men will take the salt during the working hours of the day. A study from the Inland Steel Company⁵⁶, in which a section of steel workers, 3,000 men, were given salinized drinking water, 0·1 per cent., showed good results as compared with the control group."
Example
More examples"Salinized drinking water probably is the best insurance that the men will take the salt during the working hours of the day. A study from the Inland Steel Company⁵⁶, in which a section of steel workers, 3,000 men, were given salinized drinking water, 0·1 per cent., showed good results as compared with the control group."
Etymology
From saline + -ize.
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