marinade

What it means

1. countableuncountableA seasoned, often acidic liquid mixture in which food is marinated, or soaked, usually to flavor and prepare it for cooking.

   I like to use a lemon marinade with chicken.

   2 more examples

   How much marinade you need depends on the amount of food to be marinated.

   2003, Jean Paré, Company’s Coming: Year-Round Grilling, Company’s Coming Publishing Limited, published 2005, →ISBN, page 11

   First, marinate the tofu. In a bowl, whisk the kecap manis, chilli sauce, and sesame oil together. Cut the tofu into strips about 1cm thick, mix gently (so it doesn't break) with the marinade and leave in the fridge for half an hour.

   2012 May 8, Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi, Ottolenghi: The Cookbook, Random House, →ISBN, page 79

In a sentence

I like to use a lemon marinade with chicken.

Where it comes from

1. Frenchmarinade
2. Englishmarinade

Borrowed from French marinade. By surface analysis, marine + -ade.