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marinade.

A seasoned, often acidic liquid mixture in which food is marinated, or soaked, usually to flavor and prepare it for cooking.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌmaɹɪˈneɪd/UK/ˌmaɹəˈneɪd/UK/ˌmɛɹɪˈneɪd/US/ˌmɛɹəˈneɪd/US
  1. A seasoned, often acidic liquid mixture in which food is marinated, or soaked, usually to flavor and prepare it for cooking.

    countable · uncountable
    I like to use a lemon marinade with chicken.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French marinade. By surface analysis, marine + -ade.

verb/ˌmaɹɪˈneɪd/UK/ˌmaɹəˈneɪd/UK/ˌmɛɹɪˈneɪd/US/ˌmɛɹəˈneɪd/US
  1. To marinate.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French marinade. By surface analysis, marine + -ade.

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