Associations to the word «Saline»

Wiktionary

SALINE, adjective. Containing salt; salty.
SALINE, adjective. Resembling salt.
SALINE, noun. Water containing dissolved salt.
SALINE, noun. A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.
SALINE EVAPORITE, noun. (geology) a deposit of sedimentary rock composed of salts precipitated during solar evaporation of surface brines
SALINE EVAPORITES, noun. Plural of saline evaporite
SALINE SOLUTION, noun. A solution composed of sodium chloride (NaCl) and water.

Dictionary definition

SALINE, noun. An isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water.
SALINE, adjective. Containing salt; "a saline substance "; "salty tears".

Wise words

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Nathaniel Hawthorne