marinade
/ˌmaɹɪˈneɪd/US/ˌmɛɹɪˈneɪd/
marinade noun: a seasoned, often acidic liquid mixture in which food is marinated, or soaked, usually to flavor and prepare it for cooking.
Noun
marinade (countable and uncountable, plural marinades)
- A seasoned, often acidic liquid mixture in which food is marinated, or soaked, usually to flavor and prepare it for cooking.
- I like to use a lemon marinade with chicken.
- How much marinade you need depends on the amount of food to be marinated.2003, Jean Paré, Company’s Coming: Year-Round Grilling, Company’s Coming Publishing Limited, published 2005, →ISBN, page 11
Verb
marinade (third-person singular simple present marinades, present participle marinading, simple past and past participle marinaded)
- To marinate.
- You could just use ordinary shop-bought kecap manis to marinade the meat, but making your own is easy, has a far more elegant fragrance and is, above all, such a great brag! Flavouring kecap manis is an intensely personal thing, so try this version now and next time cook the sauce down with...2015 October 27, Matt Preston, The Simple Secrets to Cooking Everything Better, Plum, →ISBN, page 192
marinade meaning in Bengali, Arabic and Indonesian
marinade in Bengali
- মদ, সিরকা, মশলামিশ্রিত সিরা, এই সিরায় ভেজানো মাছ, মাংস
marinade in Arabic
- liquid mixture
- تَتْبِيلَة tatbīla
marinade in Indonesian
- liquid mixture
- marinade
Examples of marinade in a sentence
- Cut the tofu into strips about 1cm thick, mix gently (so it doesn't break) with the marinade and leave in the fridge for half an hour.2012 May 8, Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi, Ottolenghi: The Cookbook, Random House, →ISBN, page 79:
- You could just use ordinary shop-bought kecap manis to marinade the meat, but making your own is easy, has a far more elegant fragrance and is, above all, such a great brag!2015 October 27, Matt Preston, The Simple Secrets to Cooking Everything Better, Plum, →ISBN, page 192:
Forms of marinade
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | marinades |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | marinades |
| present participle | marinading |
| past participle | marinaded |
| past | marinaded |
Origin of marinade
Borrowed from French marinade. By surface analysis, marine + -ade.
Questions about marinade
- What does marinade mean?
- Marinade means a seasoned, often acidic liquid mixture in which food is marinated, or soaked, usually to flavor and prepare it for cooking.
- What is marinade in Bengali?
- Marinade in Bengali is মদ, সিরকা, মশলামিশ্রিত সিরা. See Marinade meaning in Bengali.
- How do you use marinade in a sentence?
- Cut the tofu into strips about 1cm thick, mix gently (so it doesn't break) with the marinade and leave in the fridge for half an hour.
- What part of speech is marinade?
- Marinade can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce marinade?
- Marinade is pronounced /ˌmaɹɪˈneɪd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of marinade?
- The plural of marinade is marinades.
Words near marinade in the dictionary
Source and license
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