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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sa•line /ˈseɪlin, -laɪn/USA pronunciation adj. - Chemistryof, containing, or tasting of salt; salty:saline soil.
n. [countable] - Ecologya saline solution.
sa•lin•i•ty /səˈlɪnɪti/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sa•line (sā′lēn, -līn),USA pronunciation adj. - Chemistryof, containing, or resembling common table salt; salty or saltlike:a saline solution.
- Chemistryof or pertaining to a chemical salt, esp. of sodium, potassium, magnesium, etc., as used as a cathartic.
- Medicineof or pertaining to a method of abortion involving injection of hypertonic saline solution into the amniotic cavity during the second trimester.
n. - Medicine, Drugsa sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- Ecologysalty water;
a salty solution.
- Latin salīnus salty, equivalent. to sal sal + -īnus -ine1
- Middle English: composed of salt 1400–50
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