marinade
noun
- seasoned, often acidic, liquid in which foods are soaked before cooking
verb
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Pronunciation: /ˌmaɹɪˈneɪd/ / /ˌmaɹəˈneɪd/ / /ˌmɛɹɪˈneɪd/
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French marinade. By surface analysis, marine + -ade.
- 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.”
verb
Etymology: Borrowed from French marinade. By surface analysis, marine + -ade.
- 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 crushed, split lemongrass and a shredded lime leaf.”