marinade
(noun) mixtures of vinegar or wine and oil with various spices and seasonings; used for soaking foods before cooking
marinade, marinate
(verb) soak in marinade; “marinade herring”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
marinade (plural marinades)
A seasoned, often acidic liquid mixture in which food is marinated, or soaked, usually to flavor and prepare it for cooking.
marinade (third-person singular simple present marinades, present participle marinading, simple past and past participle marinaded)
To marinate.
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Source: Wiktionary
Mar`i*nade", n. Etym: [F.: cf. It. marinato marinade, F. mariner to preserve food for use at sea. See Marinate.] (Cookery)
Definition: A brine or pickle containing wine and spices, for enriching the flavor of meat and fish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 January 2025
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
