BRINY (brinier, briniest)

 Dictionary entry overview: What does briny mean? 

• BRINY (noun)
  The noun BRINY has 1 sense:

1. any very large body of (salt) water

  Familiarity information: BRINY used as a noun is very rare.

• BRINY (adjective)
  The adjective BRINY has 1 sense:

1. slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)

  Familiarity information: BRINY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRINY (noun)

Meaning:

Any very large body of (salt) water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

briny; main

Hypernyms ("briny" is a kind of...):

body of water; water (the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean))

Meronyms (parts of "briny"):

high sea; international waters (the open seas of the world outside the territorial waters of any nation)

offing (the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area)

territorial waters (the waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction)

Holonyms ("briny" is a part of...):

hydrosphere (the watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor)

• BRINY (adjective)

Meaning:

Slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)

Synonyms:

briny; brackish

Context examples:

a brackish lagoon / the briny deep

Similar:

salty (containing or filled with salt)