brine

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of BRINE

the whole body of salt water that covers nearly three-fourths of the earth <for hundreds of years people from Atlantic Canada have made their living from the brine>

Synonyms blue, brine, deep, Neptune, sea, seven seas

Related Words blue water, high seas, main, waters; basin; Davy Jones's locker, depths

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