brackish

brack·ish  (brksh)

adj.

1. Having a somewhat salty taste, especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water: "You could cut the brackish winds with a knife/Here in Nantucket" (Robert Lowell).

2. Distasteful; unpalatable: a thin, brackish gruel.

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[From Dutch brak.]

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brackish·ness n.

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brackish [ˈbrækɪʃ]

adj

(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) (of water) slightly briny or salty

[from Middle Dutch brac salty; see -ish]

brackishness  n

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brackish  (brksh)

Containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water. Brackish water is somewhat salty.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	brackish - distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture; "a thin brackish gruel" unpalatable - not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind; "an unpalatable meal"; "unpalatable truths"; "unpalatable behavior"
	2.	brackish - slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water); "a brackish lagoon"; "the briny deep" briny salty - containing or filled with salt; "salt water"

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brackish

adjective salty, salt, bitter, saline, briny, undrinkable, brak (S. African) shallow pools of brackish water
clear, clean, fresh, sweet, pure, unpolluted

Translations

brackish [ˈbrækɪʃ] ADJ [water] → salobre

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brackish [ˈbrækɪʃ] adj [water] → saumâtre

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brackish

adj water → brackig

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brackish [ˈbrækɪʃ] adj (water) → salmastro/a

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brackish

adj brackish [ˈbrӕkiʃ]

(of water) tasting slightly of salt, often unpleasantly. brak ضارِبٌ إلى المُلوحَه с леко солен вкус poloslaný brak- brackig γλυφός salobre soolasevõitu شور؛ بدمزه suolapitoinen saumâtre מָיִם מְלִיחִים खारी, खारा bočat kissé sós payau ísaltur; bragðvondur salmastro 塩気のある 약간 소금기가 있는 sūrokas (par ūdeni) iesāļš payau brak brakk(vann) słonawy salobro sălciu солоноватый poloslaný slankast slankast bräckt มีรสกร่อย hafif tuzlu, tuzlumsu (水)微鹹的 солонуватий نمکین ، کھاری ، شورزدہ nước lợ 有盐味的