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marinade

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


VERB
marinate
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Antonyms
STRONGEST


VERB
pickle
Synonyms
Antonyms


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I’m talking about raita, a South Asian staple that’s part sauce, side dish, dip and marinade.

From Salon Mar. 28, 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

Remove the chicken from the marinade and let excess liquid drip off.

From Salon Mar. 19, 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

It’s packed with salt, acidity and concentrated olive flavor that can add depth to everything from marinades to bread dough.

From Salon Jul. 7, 2026

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

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 nearly an hundred dishes of poultry besides other birds and brewises, fritters and cooling marinades.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 05 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

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

Paunch, skin, and clean a hare marinaded in vinegar for a couple of days with four onions sliced, three shalots, a couple of sprigs of parsley, pepper and salt.

From Dressed Game and Poultry à la Mode by Salis, Harriet A. de

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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