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brackish
brack·ish B0441800 (brăk′ĭsh)adj.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.brackish (ˈbrækɪʃ) adj (Physical Geography) (of water) slightly briny or salty[C16: from Middle Dutch brac salty; see -ish] ˈbrackishness nbrack•ish (ˈbræk ɪʃ)
adj. 1. slightly salt; salty or briny. 2. distasteful; unpleasant. [1530–40; < Dutch brak salty + -ish1] brack′ish•ness, n. brack·ish (brăk′ĭsh) Containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water; 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"brinysalty - containing or filled with salt; "salt water" |
brackishadjective salty, salt, bitter, saline, briny, undrinkable, brak (S. African) shallow pools of brackish water
clear, clean, fresh, sweet, pure, unpollutedTranslationsbrackish (ˈbrӕkiʃ) adjective (of water) tasting slightly of salt, often unpleasantly. (水)微鹹的 有盐味的brackish
brackish[′brak·ish] (hydrology) Of water, having salinity values ranging from approximately 0.50 to 17.00 parts per thousand. Of water, having less salt than sea water, but undrinkable. brackish
Synonyms for brackishadj saltySynonyms- salty
- salt
- bitter
- saline
- briny
- undrinkable
- brak
Antonyms- clear
- clean
- fresh
- sweet
- pure
- unpolluted
Synonyms for brackishadj distasteful and unpleasantRelated Wordsadj slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)SynonymsRelated Words |