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Carinate vs Marinate - What's the difference?

carinate | marinate |

As an adjective carinate

is keel-shaped, as in a boat's keel.

As a verb marinate is

to allow a sauce or flavoring mixture to absorb into something; to steep or soak something in a marinade to flavor or prepare it for cooking.

carinate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Keel-shaped, as in a boat's keel.
    • a carinate calyx or leaf
    a carinate sternum
  • (ornithology) Of a bird, having a keeled breastbone allowing the attachment of flight muscles.

    • Related terms

    * multicarinate * unicarinate

    Usage notes

    * Almost exclusively used in describing organisms and archaeological artifacts.

    Synonyms

    * ridged

    Anagrams

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    marinate

    English

    Verb

  • To allow a sauce or flavoring mixture to absorb into something; to steep or soak something in a marinade to flavor or prepare it for cooking.
    • You'll get a better flavour from the chicken if you marinate it first.

    Anagrams

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