MARINATE

marinade, marinate

(verb) soak in marinade; “marinade herring”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

marinate (third-person singular simple present marinates, present participle marinating, simple past and past participle marinated)

To allow a sauce or flavoring mixture to absorb into something; to steep or soak something in a marinade to flavor or prepare it for cooking.

Anagrams

• animater, natremia

Source: Wiktionary


Mar"i*nate, v. t. Etym: [See Marine, and cf. Marinade.]

Definition: To salt or pickle, as fish, and then preserve in oil or vinegar; to prepare by the use of marinade.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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