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The meaning of BRACKISH is somewhat salty. How to use brackish in a sentence. Did you know?
adjective. us / ˈbræk·ɪʃ / Add to word list. (of water) slightly salty: As a river approaches the sea, its water becomes brackish. (Definition of brackish from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Something that is brackish is unpleasant and harsh, like the coffee you left on too long or the water in a muddy pond. The adjective brackish has roots in the Dutch word brac, meaning salty, and the word is used literally to describe water that is salty.
Brackish water, sometimes termed brack water, is water occurring in a natural environment that has more salinity than freshwater, but not as much as seawater. It may result from mixing seawater (salt water) and fresh water together, as in estuaries , or it may occur in brackish fossil aquifers .
Brackish definition: somewhat salty or briny, as the water in an estuary or salt marsh, which is not as salty as the sea but saltier than a river. See examples of BRACKISH used in a sentence.
1. a. Being or containing water that is somewhat salty but less salty than sea water. b. Having a somewhat salty taste or smell: "You could cut the brackish winds with a knife / Here in Nantucket" (Robert Lowell). 2. Distasteful; unpalatable: a thin, brackish gruel. [From Dutch brak .] brack′ish·ness n.
Meaning of brackish in English. brackish. adjective. us / ˈbræk.ɪʃ / uk / ˈbræk.ɪʃ / Add to word list. Brackish water is salty, dirty, and unpleasant. Compare. briny adjective. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Water in general. aquatically. aqueous. bathwater. bathymetrically. bathymetry. briny. distilled water. freshwater. grey water.
Shell with prominent spire; distant from right tentacle, generally appendiculated; brackish water or fluviatile.
brackish. (brækɪʃ ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Brackish water is slightly salty and unpleasant. ...shallow pools of brackish water. Synonyms: salty, salt, bitter, saline More Synonyms of brackish. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word Frequency.
Definition of brackish adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
