BRINY

brackish, briny

(adjective) slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water); “a brackish lagoon”; “the briny deep”

main, briny

(noun) any very large body of (salt) water

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

briny (comparative brinier or more briny, superlative briniest or most briny)

Of, pertaining to, resembling or containing brine; salty.

Noun

the briny

(slang) The sea.

Source: Wiktionary


Brin"y, a. Etym: [From Brine.]

Definition: Of or pertaining to brine, or to the sea; partaking of the nature of brine; salt; as, a briny taste; the briny flood.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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