First Known Use: 1725
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1marinade
noun mar·i·nade \ˌmer-ə-ˈnād, ˌma-rə-\
: a sauce in which meat or fish is soaked to add flavor or to make the meat or fish more tender
Full Definition of MARINADE
: a savory usually acidic sauce in which meat, fish, or a vegetable is soaked to enrich its flavor or to tenderize it
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Origin of MARINADE
French, from mariner to pickle, marinate, probably from Italian marinare
Rhymes with MARINADE
accolade, Adelaide, ambuscade, aquacade, balustrade, barricade, cable-laid, cannonade, carronade, cavalcade, centigrade, chambermaid, chiffonade, colonnade, countertrade, custom-made, dairymaid, defilade, enfilade, escalade, escapade, esplanade, everglade, foreign aid, fusillade, gallopade, gasconade, grant-in-aid, hawser-laid, hearing aid, intergrade, legal aid, lemonade, marmalade, masquerade, meter maid, motorcade, orangeade, orthograde, overtrade, palisade, panty raid, pasquinade, plantigrade, promenade, ready-made, renegade, retrograde, serenade, stock-in-trade, tailor-made, underlaid, visual aid
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verb
marinad·edmarinad·ing
Definition of MARINADE
transitive verb
: marinate
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First Known Use of MARINADE
circa 1682
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