English Explanatory Dictionary

saline

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Containing salt; salty.
  2. Resembling salt.
noun
  1. Water containing dissolved salt.
  2. A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.
name
  1. A number of places in the United States:
  2. A village in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
  3. A city and township in Washtenaw County, Michigan.
  4. An unincorporated community in Menard County, Texas.
  5. A ghost town in Box Elder County, Utah, close to the Great Salt Lake.
  6. A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Saline Township.
  7. A village in the west of Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT0292).

Pronunciation

/ˈseɪ.laɪn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-saline.wav /ˈseɪ.lin/ /ˈsæɪ.lɑɪn/ /ˈsæɪ.laɪn/

Word forms

saline more saline most saline salines

Etymology

PIE word *sḗh₂l From Middle English salyne, from Medieval Latin salīna and Middle French salin, from Latin sal (“salt”).

Synonyms

saline solution

Related words

Saline County

Derived words

desalinise desalinize eurysaline halosaline hydrosaline hypersaline hyposaline isosaline mesosaline nonsaline oligosaline phosphosaline salinate Saline County salinely salineness salinification saliniform salinization salinize salinometer salino-terrene semisaline subsaline supersaline thermosalinograph unsaline normal saline saline flush
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