Saline

/ˈseɪ.laɪn/

Synonyms for "saline" (31 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (7)

Adjective(6 words)
brackishbrackish habitatbriniestbrinychemical saltphysiological

Strong matches (9)

Adjective(4 words)
saladosaline soilsaline solutionsalt solution
Noun(3 words)
saline solutionsalt watersalt water sample

Related words (15)

Noun(6 words)
salt waterssaltwater habitatsaltwater lifesaltwater solutionsolutiontotal dissolved solids
Verb(1 words)
Adjective(8 words)
saltiersaltiestsaltishsaltwater bodysaltwater organismsaltwater riversaltysterile

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

7 entries
chemical propertychemical solutionisosmotic solutionisotonic solutionmedical solutionsalt related conceptsolution

More specific

6 entries
hypertonic salinehypotonic salineisotonic salinenormal salinesaline soilsaline water

Collocations

8 entries
isotonic salinenormal salinephysiologic salinesaline irrigationsaline rinsesaline solutionsaline watersterile saline

Inflections

3 entries
more salinemost salinesalines

Derivations

7 entries

similar

1 entries

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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You see, Kyohei, this question ... it's about saline solution but ...

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The Dead Sea is a salt lake with the most saline water on earth.

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He had to bathe the wound three times a day with a saline solution.

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There are swift-flowing rivers which dash through jagged cañons; and there are enormous plains, which in winter are white with snow, and in summer are grey with saline alkali dust.

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