brackishadjective
uk/ˈbræk.ɪʃ/us/ˈbræk.ɪʃ/Brackish water is salty, dirty, and unpleasant.
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Water in general
- aqua
- aqueous
- bathwater
- bathymetry
- briny
- dishwater
- distilled water
- drinking water
- evapotranspiration
- fresh
- ground water
- heavy water
- hydrology
- ice water
- mineral water
- pool
- running water
- saline
- storm surge
- water supply
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Examples from literature
- The bank of the stream was a fathom from the water which was brackish at high tide and sweet at low.
- The brackish nature of the water probably enables it to exist here.
- The favorite feeding ground is a salt marsh, with springs and creeks of brackish water.
- The water of these springs is brackish, and contains the nitrate of soda.
- There was plenty of water in the creek, but the dry season had made it brackish.