marinade
noun
• a mixture of oil, wine, spices, or similar ingredients, in which meat, fish, or other food is soaked before cooking in order to flavour or soften it.
• "remove the trout from the marinade with a slotted spoon"
marinade
verb
• another term for marinate.
Origin:
late 17th century (as a verb): from French, from Spanish marinada, via marinar ‘pickle in brine’ from marino (see marina).
