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marinade

[mar-uh-nayd, mar-uh-nayd] / ˌmær əˈneɪd, ˈmær əˌneɪd /


VERB
marinate
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STRONGEST


VERB
pickle
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They also have water galore—a toxic, salty marinade that comes up alongside oil and which they plan to treat so it can be used to cool data centers and power plants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

So, once I’m home, I’ll prep a chicken curry so it can sit in the marinade for a day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

It initially hit the right sweet, slightly piquant notes that al pastor meat should — but the flavor quickly dissipated because the marinade hadn’t soaked through the chicken chunks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026

Companies are wrestling with drilling hazards that make it more costly to operate and complaining that the marinade is creeping into their oil-and-gas reservoirs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025

I wrapped potatoes in foil and stuck them in the oven to bake, covered a steak in marinade and balanced it on top of a carton of eggs in the fridge.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

One butcher said all his meat, marinades and spices had been taken away to be checked.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2025

Dijon mustard can bring a flavorful kick to marinades, dressings and sauces, and so can fresh or dried herbs, such as basil, oregano, thyme, rosemary, parsley and cilantro.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2024

"Use mushrooms, citrus, and herbs to add taste without the burn. Try new marinades, dressings, and salsas."

From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2024

China Chilcano's chefs said the product behaved very similarly to conventional chicken and offered some improvements, like rapid absorption of marinades.

From Reuters ● Jul. 20, 2023

So they brought him forthwith nigh upon a hundred dishes of fowls, besides other birds and brewises and fricassees and marinades.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV by John Payne

Chipotle’s chicken al pastor, which is marinaded in morita peppers, ground achiote and pineapple, debuted in March 2023.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2024

I remember dum biryani as a multi-day affair, involving meat marinaded in spices, then soaked in yoghurt and cooked slowly, underneath a pastry lid.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 1, 2017

Nothing screams "I Love You" more than enjoying a gut-destroying dinner of Southern-style ribs, marinaded in the scent of fellow sweat-soaked patrons from Augusta National.

From Golf Digest ● Mar. 13, 2017

Anwar picks a peshwari kebab of lamb marinaded in yoghurt and garlic.

From Slate ● Jan. 29, 2012

It is flaked and marinaded in oil and vinegar seasoned well with pepper and salt.

From Twenty-four Little French Dinners and How to Cook and Serve Them by Cora Moore

There is no law stating a maximum number of hours for which these pickles should remain marinading.

From Salon ● May 10, 2025

The artist’s adult-sized gingerbread house in one of the galleries will likely generate all manner of chatter, but the poignant works of video, assemblage and drawing will be worth marinading in too.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2019


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