- a spiced liquid mixture of oil, wine, vinegar, herbs, etc, in which meat or fish is soaked before cooking
- meat or fish soaked in this liquid
- a variant of marinate
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
mar•i•nade /n. ˌmærəˈneɪd; v. ˈmærəˌneɪd/USA pronunciation
n., v., -nad•ed, -nad•ing.
n.
v.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026n.
- Fooda liquid mixture in which food is soaked before cooking: [uncountable]chicken marinade.[countable]a marinade of olive oil and wine vinegar.
v.
- Foodto marinate.
mar•i•nade
(n. mar′ə nād′;v. mar′ə nād′),USA pronunciation n., v., -nad•ed, -nad•ing.
n.
v.t.
n.
- Fooda seasoned liquid, usually of vinegar or wine with oil, herbs, spices, etc., in which meat, fish, vegetables, etc., are steeped before cooking.
- Foodmeat, fish, vegetables, etc., steeped in it.
v.t.
- Foodto marinate.
- Provencal marinado, noun, nominal use of feminine past participle of mariná to cure meat or fish in brine, verb, verbal derivative of marin marine
- French
- 1675–85
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marinade n /ˌmærɪˈneɪd/
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