saline

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
8
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈseɪ.laɪn/
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/ˈseɪ.laɪn/ · /ˈseɪ.lin/ · /ˈsæɪ.lɑɪn/ · /ˈsæɪ.laɪn/

Definition of saline

10 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Containing salt; salty.
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adj

  1. Containing salt; salty.
  2. Resembling salt.
    “a saline taste”

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Water containing dissolved salt.
  2. (countable, uncountable)A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.

name

  1. A number of places in the United States:
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  4. A number of places in the United States:
  5. A number of places in the United States:
  6. A village in the west of Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT0292).

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Etymology

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

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