marinate
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
marinate /ˈmarɪneɪt/
▶verb soak in a marinade.
– derivatives
marination noun.
marination noun.
– origin C17: from Ital. marinare ‘pickle in brine’, or from Fr. mariner (from marine ‘brine’).
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