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BRININESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brininess mean?
• BRININESS (noun)
The noun BRININESS has 1 sense:
1. the relative proportion of salt in a solution
Familiarity information: BRININESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The relative proportion of salt in a solution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
brininess; salinity
Hypernyms ("brininess" is a kind of...):
saltiness (the property of containing salt (as a compound or in solution))
Derivation:
briny (slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water))
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