Search results
The meaning of BRACKISH is somewhat salty. How to use brackish in a sentence. Did you know?
Brackish water, sometimes termed brack water, [1] [2] 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. The word comes from the Middle Dutch root brak.
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 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.
Definition of brackish adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. Word origin. C16: from Middle Dutch brac salty; see -ish. Word Frequency. brackish in American English. (ˈbrækɪʃ ) adjective. 1. somewhat salty, as the water of some marshes near the sea. 2. having an unpleasant taste; nauseating. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Having an unpleasant taste; nauseating. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Distasteful; unpalatable. A thin, brackish gruel. American Heritage. Repulsive. Wiktionary. Synonyms: briny. Origin of Brackish. From the now obsolete brack + -ish, from Middle Dutch brac. From Wiktionary. From Dutch brak.
