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单词 brak
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Definition of brak in English:

brak

adjective brak
South African
  • (of water or soil) brackish or alkaline.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We specialise in desalination and brak water to potable water systems.
    • These numbered thousands of plants, which grew on the edges of the sands, where it overlay a brak, clay soil (white with salt in summer) of Klipheuwel formation.
    • I have a small tank which I use for drinking, cooking and washing my car because our borehole water is brak.
    • Water should be acidic or neutral in pH, not alkaline (except for lime-loving species), although salty (brak) water is tolerated.
    • This was followed by a layer of thin, hard baked clay bricks on top of which was packed a thick layer of brak, a local soil with an exceptionally high salt content.
    Synonyms
    slightly salty, slightly briny, saline, salt, salted

Origin

Afrikaans, from Dutch.

 
 
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