Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state or quality of being briny; saltness; brinishness.
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- noun The characteristic of being
briny .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the relative proportion of salt in a solution
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Examples
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Depending upon their origin, they can vary in brininess, fattiness, and taste.
Meathead Goldwyn: Winter Mussels: A Super Bowl for the Super Bowl Meathead Goldwyn 2011
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When gathering your equipment, look for rockweed—it's the best seaweed for clambakes because its seawater-filled pockets burst during cooking and add brininess and moisture to the other ingredients.
Happy as a Clambake Gail Monaghan 2011
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Depending upon their origin, they can vary in brininess, fattiness, and taste.
Meathead Goldwyn: Winter Mussels: A Super Bowl for the Super Bowl Meathead Goldwyn 2011
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"But if you love oysters like I do, you have all kinds of fun flavors, textures, creaminess, brininess... and that is vodka."
Tony Sachs: A Gin Snob Repents: 9 Lesser-Known Vodkas To Convert The Unconverted Tony Sachs 2010
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He described a 1992 Signatory Mortlach, our third selection, as " grassy, herbal, with a brininess to it, " my thoughts exactly.
Message in a Bottle Ralph Gardner Jr. 2010
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"But if you love oysters like I do, you have all kinds of fun flavors, textures, creaminess, brininess ... and that is vodka."
Tony Sachs: A Gin Snob Repents: 9 Lesser-Known Vodkas To Convert The Unconverted Tony Sachs 2010
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"But if you love oysters like I do, you have all kinds of fun flavors, textures, creaminess, brininess ... and that is vodka."
Tony Sachs: A Gin Snob Repents: 9 Lesser-Known Vodkas To Convert The Unconverted Tony Sachs 2010
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"But if you love oysters like I do, you have all kinds of fun flavors, textures, creaminess, brininess ... and that is vodka."
Tony Sachs: A Gin Snob Repents: 9 Lesser-Known Vodkas To Convert The Unconverted Tony Sachs 2010
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The prize is a big, fat oyster with the slight saline brininess from cooking in its own "liquor", perfectly balanced against a touch of sweetness and slight smokiness from the tomato-based bbq sauce.
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Should I reveal to you that I'm going to tie Mr Biron up until he reveals the secret of his lighter-than-air tarama with its extraordinarily delicate brininess that makes a mockery of any that have gone before under the name?
At My Table 2009
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