Crossword answer · 5 letters
BRINE
bryne · noun; verb
BRINE
What does BRINE mean in a crossword?
A concentrated salt-and-water solution used to pickle, preserve, or season food.
BRINE is commonly clued as pickle liquid, salty preserving solution, or seawater. A clue may also play on the idiom “in a pickle.”
Why does BRINE appear in crosswords?
The five-letter word has a concrete food sense, a sea-related sense, and enough familiar crossings to support playful clues.
Common clue patterns
- Liquid surrounding a pickle
- A salty preserving solution
- Seawater, in a broad sense
These are editorially written pattern summaries, not a reproduced puzzle archive.
Other meanings to watch
As a verb, to brine food is to soak or treat it in a salt solution before cooking or preserving it.