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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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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

Sukutli uses a Turkish-inspired yogurt marinade to flavor his bird.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025

If time allows, an overnight rest yields the fullest flavor, but a brief marinade will also do the trick.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025

I make my way through the crowd with another Styrofoam cup of the dreadful red marinade, trying not to feel left out.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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

Another idea is to marinate the eggplant; sometimes people like to think marinades are just for protein, but for a more flavorful experience, try different marinades.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2023

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 Sir Richard Francis Burton

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

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

Welner said Khadr had been "steeped and marinaded in radical jihadism" among fellow captives at Guantanamo.

From Reuters ● Oct. 26, 2010

Stir it over the fire, mixing well till the sauce becomes brown, and then put in your marinaded pieces of rabbit.

From The Belgian Cookbook by Various

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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