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marinade
CIDE DICTIONARY
marinade, n. [F.: cf. It. marinato marinade, F. mariner to preserve food for use at sea. See Marinate.].
A brine or pickle containing wine or vinegar, with opil, herbs, and spices, for enriching the flavor of meat and fish, which are steeped in it prior to cooking. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
marinade, n. & v.
--n.
1 a mixture of wine, vinegar, oil, spices, etc., in which meat, fish, etc., is soaked before cooking.
2 meat, fish, etc., soaked in this liquid.
--v.tr. soak (meat, fish, etc.) in a marinade.
--n.
1 a mixture of wine, vinegar, oil, spices, etc., in which meat, fish, etc., is soaked before cooking.
2 meat, fish, etc., soaked in this liquid.
--v.tr. soak (meat, fish, etc.) in a marinade.
Etymology
F f. Sp. marinada f. marinar pickle in brine f. marino (as MARINE)
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