Definitions
To soak food in a seasoned liquid before cooking.
Word origin
First attested in 1645; adapted from either French mariner or the earlier attested Italian marinare (“to pickle, marinate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Late Latin marina (“brine, salt water”), short for aqua marina (“sea water”), from Latin marinus (“marine, of the sea”), from Latin mare (“the sea”) from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“the sea”).
Used in a sentence
“You'll get a better flavour from the chicken if you marinate it first.”
“After the chicken has marinated for two hours, discard the remaining marinade.”
“oblucy: "vinegar... to marinate the scalp... oil... to lubricate the scalp..."”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Soak before grilling”8 letters
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