Saline

['seɪlaɪn] or ['selin]

Definition

(adj.) containing salt; 'a saline substance '; 'salty tears' .

Editor: Mervin--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic.

(a.) Of the quality of salt; salty; as, a saline taste.

(a.) A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.

(n.) A crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources.

(n.) A metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Briny.

n. Salt-spring, salt-pit.

Edited by Clifford

Definition

adj. consisting of or containing salt: partaking of the qualities of salt.—n. an effervescent powder used as a gentle aperient: a salt-spring.—ns. Salī′na salt-works; Salinā′tion the act of washing in salt liquor; Sal′ine Sal′in a salt reddish substance obtained from the ashes of potato-leaves; Saline′ness.—adjs. Salinif′erous; Salin′iform.—ns. Salin′ity; Salinom′eter Salim′eter a hydrometer for measuring the amount of salt in any given solution.—adj. Salī′no-terrene′ composed of salt and earth.—v.t. Sal′ite to season with salt.—n. Sal′itral a place where saltpetre occurs.

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