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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)
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)
The meaning of BRACKISH is somewhat salty. How to use brackish in a sentence. Did you know?
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.
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.
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.
brackish. adjective. These are words and phrases related to brackish. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of brackish. The water is too brackish to drink. Synonyms. salty. briny. saline. salt. Antonyms. fresh. clear. sweet.
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.
noun. Word origin. earlier Scot brack < MDu brak, salty (< IE * bhrogos < base * bher-, to cut > brine) + -ish. Word Frequency. brackish in American English. (ˈbrækɪʃ) adjective. 1. slightly salt; having a salty or briny flavor. 2. distasteful; unpleasant. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
Definition of brackish adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
