Tunnels within sea ice called brine channels house bacteria and algae that feed flatworms and other tunnel-dwelling creatures.
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Brine
//bɹaɪn//
Synonyms for "brine" (34 found)
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8 entriesTranslations
133 translations across 55 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- shëllirë noun (salt water)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἅλμη noun (salt water)
Arabic
4 entries- أُجَاج noun (salt water)
- بُنّ noun (salt water)
- صِير noun (salt water)
- مُرِّيّ noun (salt water)
Aramaic
4 entries- צִירָא noun (salt water)
- צִירָא noun (salt water)
- ܚܰܠܡܠܰܚ noun (salt water)
- ܡܽܘܪܝܳܐ noun (salt water)
Armenian
1 entries- աղաջուր noun (salt water)
Belarusian
2 entries- рапа́ noun (salt water)
- расо́л noun (salt water)
Bulgarian
4 entries- море́ noun (the sea or ocean)
- океа́н noun (the sea or ocean)
- саламу́ра noun (salt water)
- слагам в саламура verb (to preserve food in a salt solution)
Burmese
1 entries- ရေငန် noun (salt water)
Catalan
1 entries- salmorra noun (salt water)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- خوێواوک noun (salt water)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 海水 noun (the sea or ocean)
- 鹹水 /咸水 noun (salt water)
- 鹽水 /盐水 noun (salt water)
- 醃製 /腌制 verb (to preserve food in a salt solution)
Classical Nahuatl
2 entries- iztayōtl noun (salt water)
- iztaāyōtl noun (salt water)
Czech
1 entries- lák noun (salt water)
Danish
3 entries- havvand noun (the sea or ocean)
- saltlage noun (salt water)
- saltvand noun (the sea or ocean)
Dutch
3 entries- brijnwater noun (salt water)
- pekel noun (salt water)
- pekelen verb (to preserve food in a salt solution)
Esperanto
2 entries- peklakvo noun (salt water)
- pekli verb (to preserve food in a salt solution)
Finnish
4 entries- merivesi noun (the sea or ocean)
- suolaliemi noun (salt water)
- suolaliuos noun (salt water)
- suolavesi noun (salt water)
French
2 entries- saumure noun (salt water)
- saumurer verb (to preserve food in a salt solution)
Galician
4 entries- moira noun (salt water)
- salmoira noun (salt water)
- salmoura noun (salt water)
- salsa noun (salt water)
German
4 entries- Lake noun (salt water)
- Meerwasser noun (the sea or ocean)
- Salzbrühe noun (salt water)
- Salzwasser noun (the sea or ocean)
Greek
3 entries- άλμη noun (salt water)
- άρμη noun (salt water)
- σαλαμούρα noun (salt water)
Hungarian
2 entries- sós víz noun (salt water)
- tengervíz noun (the sea or ocean)
Icelandic
1 entries- pækill noun (salt water)
Ido
1 entries- sal-aquo noun (salt water)
Indonesian
1 entries- air garam noun (salt water)
Irish
2 entries- sáile noun (salt water)
- sáile noun (the sea or ocean)
Italian
2 entries- salamoia noun (salt water)
- mettere in salamoia verb (to preserve food in a salt solution)
Japanese
3 entries- ブライン noun (salt water)
- 塩水 noun (salt water)
- 海水 noun (the sea or ocean)
Khmer
4 entries- ទឹកប្រៃ noun (salt water)
- ទឹកប្រៃ noun (the sea or ocean)
- ទឹកសមុទ្រ noun (the sea or ocean)
- ទឹកអំបិល noun (salt water)
Korean
3 entries- 바닷물 noun (the sea or ocean)
- 소금물 noun (salt water)
- 해수 noun (the sea or ocean)
Latin
1 entries- muria noun (salt water)
Latvian
1 entries- sālsūdens noun (salt water)
Macedonian
3 entries- расолница noun (salt water)
- саламура noun (salt water)
- солило noun (salt water)
Māori
3 entries- kurutai noun (salt water)
- wai mātaitai noun (salt water)
- wai tote noun (salt water)
Neapolitan
1 entries- salimóia noun (salt water)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- sûravk noun (salt water)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- saltlake noun (salt water)
Nǀuu
3 entries- dyebeǃqhaa noun (salt water)
- jebeǃqhaa noun (salt water)
- kqôa noun (salt water)
Persian
1 entries- آب نمک noun (salt water)
Polish
1 entries- solanka noun (salt water)
Portuguese
3 entries- salmoura noun (salt water)
- água salgada noun (salt water)
- salmourar verb (to preserve food in a salt solution)
Romanian
2 entries- saramură noun (salt water)
- saramura verb (to preserve food in a salt solution)
Russian
4 entries- мо́ре noun (the sea or ocean)
- морска́я вода́ noun (the sea or ocean)
- океа́н noun (the sea or ocean)
- рапа́ noun (salt water)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- salamura noun (salt water)
- саламура noun (salt water)
Sicilian
1 entries- salamarigghiu noun (salt water)
Spanish
4 entries- agua de mar noun (the sea or ocean)
- agua marina noun (the sea or ocean)
- agua marítima noun (the sea or ocean)
- aguasal noun (salt water)
Swedish
3 entries- havsvatten noun (the sea or ocean)
- saltlag noun (salt water)
- saltlake noun (salt water)
Thai
3 entries- น้ำทะเล noun (the sea or ocean)
- น้ำเกลือ noun (salt water)
- น้ำเค็ม noun (the sea or ocean)
Tok Pisin
2 entries- solwara noun (salt water)
- solwara noun (the sea or ocean)
Turkish
2 entries- salamura noun (salt water)
- tuzlu su noun (the sea or ocean)
Ukrainian
3 entries- розсі́л noun (salt water)
- ропа́ noun (salt water)
- росі́л noun (salt water)
Vietnamese
2 entries- nước dưa noun (salt water)
- nước muối noun (salt water)
Volapük
1 entries- salod noun (salt water)
Welsh
1 entries- heli noun (salt water)
West-Frisian
1 entries- pikel noun (salt water)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
A grove stood in the city, rich in shade, / where storm-tost Tyrians, past the perilous brine, / dug from the ground, by royal Juno's aid, / a war-steed's head, to far-off days a sign / that wealth and prowess should adorn the line.
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Lashed into foam, behind them roars the brine; / now, gliding onward to the beach, ere long / they gain the fields, and rolling bloodshot eyne / that blaze with fire, the monsters move along, / and lick their hissing jaws, and dart a flickering tongue.
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Scarce now the summer had begun, when straight / my father, old Anchises, gave command / to spread our canvas and to trust to Fate. / Weeping, I leave my native port, the land, / the fields where once the Trojan towers did stand, / and, homeless, launch upon the boundless brine, / heart-broken outcast, with an exiled band, / comrades, and son, and household gods divine, / and the great Gods of Troy, the guardians of our line.
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