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BRINY

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Irregular inflected forms: brinier    , briniest   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any very large body of (salt) water

Synonyms:

briny; main

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("briny" is a kind of...):

body of water; water (the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean))

Meronyms (parts of "briny"):

high sea; international waters (the open seas of the world outside the territorial waters of any nation)

offing (the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area)

territorial waters (the waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction)

Holonyms ("briny" is a part of...):

hydrosphere (the watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor)

Derivation:

briny (slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water))

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)

Example:

the briny deep

Synonyms:

brackish; briny

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

salty (containing or filled with salt)

Derivation:

brine (a strong solution of salt and water used for pickling)

brine (water containing salts)

brininess (the relative proportion of salt in a solution)

briny (any very large body of (salt) water)

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