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brine

noun as in salt solution

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In early years of drilling, many wells were left open or filled with questionable plugs, making it possible for oil, gas, brine, or chemicals to later escape.

Companies pump salty, lithium-containing brines from underground aquifers into vast, shallow pools and wait for the Sun to evaporate most of the water, concentrating the lithium ions.

Every year, the stories could practically write themselves: The best turkey brine you'll ever try.

From Salon

In desalination, seawater is filtered through a membrane that removes salts, leaving fresh water and a salty brine.

Whereas in Chile and Argentina the ore is produced by evaporating it from brine collected from under the countries' vast salt plains.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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