saline.

Containing dissolved salt or having a salty character.

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Words that belong together

• saline water
• saline solution

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Saline water seeped through the rock into the shallow basin.

She cleaned the wound with a saline solution.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Comparative more saline; superlative most saline where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.