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1saline

adjective sa·line \ˈsā-ˌlēn, -ˌlīn\

: containing salt

Full Definition of SALINE

1
:  consisting of or containing salt <a saline solution>
2
:  of, relating to, or resembling salt :  salty <a saline taste>
3
:  consisting of or relating to the salts of the alkali metals or of magnesium <a saline cathartic>
sa·lin·i·ty \sā-ˈli-nə-tē, sə-\ noun
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Origin of SALINE

Middle English, from Anglo-French salin, from Latin salinus, from sal salt — more at salt
First Known Use: 15th century

Related to SALINE

Synonyms
brackish, briny, salty, salt
Antonyms
nonsaline

Rhymes with SALINE

A-line, affine, airline, align, alkyne, alpine, assign, at sign, balkline, baseline, beeline, benign, bloodline, blue line, blush wine, bovine, bowline, branchline, breadline, bright-line, buntline, bustline, byline, call sign, canine, caprine, carbine, carmine, cervine, chow line, clothesline, cloud nine, coastline, combine, compline, condign, confine, consign, corvine, cosign, cutline, dateline, deadline, decline, define, design, divine, dragline, driveline, earthshine, Einstein, eiswein, end line, enshrine, entwine, equine, ethyne, fall line, fault line, feline, ferine, first-line, flatline, flight line, foul line, fräulein, frontline, front line, goal line, gold mine, grapevine, guideline, hairline, hard-line, hard pine, headline, hemline, high sign, hipline, Holbein, hotline, ice wine, incline, indign, in fine, in-line, Irvine, jawline, jug wine, landline, land mine, lang syne, lifeline, load line, longline, lupine, mainline, main line, malign, midline, moline, moonshine, neckline, off-line, old-line, online, opine, outline, outshine, ovine, Pauline, peace sign, Petrine, pipeline, piscine, pitch pine, plotline, plumb line, plus sign, pontine, porcine, potline, pound sign, propine, punch line, rapine, recline, redline, red pine, refine, reline, repine, resign, Rhine wine, ridgeline, roofline, Sabine, Scotch pine, scrub pine, setline, shoreline, short line, sideline, sight line, skyline, snow line, soft-line, spring line, straight-line, strandline, straw wine, streamline, strip mine, strychnine, subline, sunshine, supine, syncline, taurine, tie-line, times sign, topline, touchline, towline, tramline, trapline, tree line, trephine, trotline, truckline, trunk line, tumpline, turbine, untwine, ursine, vespine, V sign, vulpine, waistline, white line, white pine, white wine, woodbine, yard line, zebrine, Z line

2saline

noun

: a mixture of salt and water

Full Definition of SALINE

1
:  a metallic salt; especially :  a salt of potassium, sodium, or magnesium with a cathartic action
2
:  a saline solution; especially :  one isosmotic with body fluids

First Known Use of SALINE

1662

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