Definition of saline Saline
/sʌliˈn/ - [suleen] - sa•line
We found 12 definitions of saline from 5 different sources.
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What does saline mean?
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Adjectivesaline, saliner, salinest |
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| saline - containing salt; "a saline substance "; "salty tears" | ||
| salty containing or filled with salt; "salt water" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- saline (a.)
Consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic. - saline (a.)
Of the quality of salt; salty; as, a saline taste. - saline (a.)
A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth. - saline (n.)
A crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources. - saline (n.)
A metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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saline
sā′līn, or sā-līn′, adj. consisting of, or containing, salt: partaking of the qualities of salt.—n. an effervescent powder used as a gentle aperient: a salt-spring.—ns. Salī′na, salt-works; Salinā′tion, the act of washing in salt liquor; Sal′ine, Sal′in, a salt, reddish substance obtained from the ashes of potato-leaves; Saline′ness.—adjs. Salinif′erous; Salin′iform.—ns. Salin′ity; Salinom′eter, Salim′eter, a hydrometer for measuring the amount of salt in any given solution.—adj. Salī′no-terrene′, composed of salt and earth.—v.t. Sal′ite, to season with salt.—n. Sal′itral, a place where saltpetre occurs. [Fr.,—L. salinus—sal, salt.]
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🔤- saline, noun, singular of salines.
- saline, adjective.
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