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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 10902 COCA: 14408

saline

1 saline /ˈseɪˌliːn/ Brit /ˈseɪˌlaɪn/ adjective
1 saline
/ˈseɪˌliːn/ Brit /ˈseɪˌlaɪn/
adjective
Learner's definition of SALINE
technical
: containing salt含盐的;咸的

— salinity

/seɪˈlɪnəti/ noun [noncount]
2 saline /ˈseɪˌliːn/ Brit /ˈseɪˌlaɪn/ noun
2 saline
/ˈseɪˌliːn/ Brit /ˈseɪˌlaɪn/
noun
Learner's definition of SALINE
[noncount] technical
: a mixture of salt and water盐水
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 10902 COCA: 14408

saline

1 of 2

adjective

sa·​line ˈsā-ˌlēn How to pronounce saline (audio)
-ˌlīn
1
: consisting of or containing salt
a saline solution
2
: of, relating to, or resembling salt : salty
a saline taste
3
: consisting of or relating to the salts of the alkali metals or of magnesium
a saline cathartic
salinity noun

saline

2 of 2

noun

1
: a metallic salt
especially : a salt of potassium, sodium, or magnesium with a cathartic action
2
: a saline solution
especially : one isosmotic with body fluids

Synonyms

Adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
Part of the canning factory cranked back to life to process artemia, a tiny brine shrimp that has proliferated in the Aral’s saline water and is coveted in China for use in medicine and cosmetics. Henry Wismayer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022 Part of the canning factory cranked back to life to process artemia, a tiny brine shrimp that has proliferated in the Aral’s saline water, and which is coveted in China for use in medicine and cosmetics. Henry Wismayer, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2022 Like most saline lakes throughout the West, Great Salt Lake has declined over time due to drought and from humans diverting water from its tributary rivers. Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 July 2022 In 2021, Romney cosponsored a bill with Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., that would have required the U.S. Geological Survey to monitor saline lakes in the Great Basin, including the Great Salt Lake. Emily Anderson Stern, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 July 2022 Iwasaki, at Yale, developed a nasal spray consisting of the spike protein in a saline suspension - a strategy that wouldn’t work as a first-round vaccination but could be powerful as a booster. Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Apr. 2022 The lake’s saline water also wreaked havoc on cameras and water chemistry gadgets Footen uses. Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Apr. 2022 Those materials are needed to make saline bags and syringes to administer the fluid. Anna Edney, Fortune, 4 Mar. 2022 Mild allergic reactions can usually be treated on your own, either with home remedies (think saline nasal rinses or cool compresses) or OTC meds like antihistamines or hydrocortisone cream. Marygrace Taylor, SELF, 29 Mar. 2022
Noun
The Sudochie was drying up, turning saline, Nurullaev said. Henry Wismayer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022 The Sudochie was drying up, turning saline, Nurullaev said. Henry Wismayer, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2022 The 96 participants received either three saline solution injections a week or three ketamine injections. Harry Smith, NBC News, 24 Aug. 2022 Now, in the control conditions…in which lions got spritzed with a simple saline solution…about half of them roared in return, maybe 50 or 60 times. Karen Hopkin, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2022 These devices gently stream a saline solution through your nasal passages to reduce congestion, improve breathing and can relieve sinus pressure. Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 30 July 2022 The doctors stream out fast after death is pronounced, leaving a wake of plastic wrappers and papers and tubes and empty saline pushes. Anna Deforest, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022 If passed, the bill would authorize the Army Corps of Engineers to assess the conditions of the Great Salt Lake and other saline lakes in the west. Sean Higgins | Kuer, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Aug. 2022 Classic Sauvignon Blanc with grapefruit and saline aromas. Tom Mullen, Forbes, 22 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Middle English, from Anglo-French salin, from Latin salinus, from sal salt — more at salt

First Known Use

Adjective

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1662, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of saline was in the 15th century
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 10902 COCA: 14408

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