What does marinaded mean?
Marinaded is a form of the verb marinate and describes food that has been treated with a marinade before cooking. A marinade typically combines an acid, such as vinegar or lemon juice, with oil, salt, herbs, spices, and sometimes sweeteners. The treatment can flavor the food deeply, tenderize meat or fish, and help prevent excessive drying during cooking. Marinaded is used for the past tense and past participle, as in “The chicken was marinaded overnight,” and can also function as an adjective before a noun: “marinaded vegetables.” The related form marinated is more usual in many food contexts, especially when describing the result, but marinaded is fully accepted and common in everyday usage. It appears frequently in recipes, restaurant descriptions, and cooking instructions.
To soak or coat food in a marinade before cooking.
"They marinaded the chicken in a mixture of olive oil, lemon, and garlic."
This is the past tense and past participle of marinate.
Soaked or coated in a marinade.
"The marinaded fish was served with lemon wedges."
The related form marinated is more usual in many food descriptions.
Marinaded is the tasty result of leaving food in a mixture of oil, acid, and spices before cooking.
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Where does marinaded come from?
The word belongs to the family of English marine and marinate. Marinate ultimately derives from French mariner, “to pickle or season in a brine,” which comes from Latin marinus, “of or relating to the sea,” from mare, “sea.” The development reflects the historical practice of preserving or seasoning food in briny, seasoned liquids. Marine, mariner, and marinade share this wider etymological history.
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How marinaded is actually used
The form is common in both British and American English. In food writing, marinated is often preferred for the completed action, while marinaded clearly functions as the past tense of marinate.
Easily confused with marinaded
Both forms are accepted, but marinated is the more usual adjective and past-participle form, whereas marinaded is especially common as the past tense of marinate.