Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: saline
IPA transcription: [səl'in]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: saline
    Meaning: containing salt; "a saline substance "; "salty tears"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: saline_solution, saline
    Meaning: an isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water
Usage examples
  • It will be easily conceived that after an imprisonment of forty seven days in a narrow gallery it was the height of physical enjoyment to breathe a moist air impregnated with saline particles.
  • The first time he submitted one of these saline salads to my critical attention I naturally thought that anything collected at such pains must possess peculiar merits; but one mouthful was a complete dose; and great was the consternation of the old warrior at the rapidity with which I ejected his Epicurean treat.