Brackish Definition

brăkĭsh
adjective
Somewhat salty, as the water of some marshes near the sea.
Webster's New World
Having an unpleasant taste; nauseating.
Webster's New World
Distasteful; unpalatable.
A thin, brackish gruel.
American Heritage

Repulsive.

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Origin of Brackish

  • From the now obsolete brack +‎ -ish, from Middle Dutch brac.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Dutch brak

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Brackish Sentence Examples

  • They can live in brackish and even in sea water.

  • Shell with prominent spire; distant from right tentacle, generally appendiculated; brackish water or fluviatile.

  • Its surroundings are bleak and sterile and its waters brackish and polluted with the drainage of the neighbouring city for nearly four centuries.

  • In the brackish waters of the east coast sea fish are found, together with pike, perch and other fresh-water forms. The crayfish is common in many places in central and southern Sweden.

  • The so-called lakes on the coast of the Adriatic north and south of the promontory of Gargano are brackish lagoons communicating with the sea.

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Words Starting With

BBRBRA

Words Ending With

HSHISH

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Words Starting With B and Ending With H

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