brackish
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7.2
- adjective
- /ˈbrækɪʃ/
:
salobre
- More seriously, the brackish water from the lake used in the ponds is of inferior quality.
- brackish water
- brackish groundwater
- brackish lake
They know about tides and estuaries and brackish water versus freshwater.
- They know about tides and estuaries and brackish water versus freshwater.
- So there's is stories of of Pacific Island people being able to drink brackish water.
Examples
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- The water's brackish, but it's fit to drink.
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We knew the inlet to be brackish; they always were.
Academic text (2009) -
The night air was warm, heavy with the smell of brackish water.
Fiction book (1990) -
So, for example, the closer a well is to the sea, the more likely that water is to be brackish.
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We came to a brackish stream, dug into the broad bed of its dawn self.
Fiction book (2000) -
Mangroves are among the few types of plants that can live in brackish or salt water.
Academic text (1990) -
The bay is brackish.
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The depth of water here averages 7 feet (2.1 m), and it is brackish and full of sediment.
Academic text (1996) -
Libya's second-largest city had seemed at death's door a decade ago, with an almost-exhausted, brackish water supply.
Academic text (1999) -
As he waded into the brackish water, he saw the huge fish in the shallow depths.
Synonyms
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1.0
Tasting of salt, like sea water or chips
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6.4
Tastes slightly salty like sea water
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4.6
That contains salt, like sea water
Tastes slightly salty but not strong
Having a light taste of salt
Antonyms
How Salty
Surface Forms
Morphology
brackish = brack (opaque) = brack + ish
The word is formed with the productive suffix '-ish', but the base 'brack' is obscure and obsolete for most learners, so the meaning is not readily recoverable.
Etymology
Brackish comes from an old Dutch word brack meaning 'salty' or 'salt marsh', used for water where a river meets the sea. So brackish water is 'partly salty', a mix of fresh and sea water.