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Meanings of
brackish
in английском
(Of water) Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water.
briny
Related terms
salty
Brackish.
Related terms
unpalatable
Usage of
brackish
in английском
1
The water is becoming
brackish
because of the salt water, she said.
2
In July, five dolphins have been pulled from the lagoon's
brackish
water.
3
And the
brackish
water in those shrimp ponds hints at the reason.
4
The
brackish
nature of the water probably enables it to exist here.
5
Nothing but
brackish
water could be obtained by digging in the sand.
6
In the town are several wells of
brackish
water, but no cisterns.
7
His coveralls stank of
brackish
water and he was covered in mud.
8
The water was
brackish
and bitter, but I drank it with eagerness.
9
The water about him was
brackish
,
from its mixture with the tide.
10
Though wide, it is excessively shallow, and
brackish
during the rainy season.
11
It was filthy water, full of dirt, and very
brackish
to taste.
12
They found a little
brackish
pool, and drank, in the late afternoon.
13
You have rendered the one bitter and the other
brackish
to me.
14
Of course, there's the Hudson; but it's
brackish
,
if not downright salt.
15
It proved, as we feared, to be slightly
brackish
,
but not undrinkable.
16
I could taste the cocaine drip in her mouth, the
brackish
sea.
Other examples for "brackish"
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About this term
brackish
Adjective
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
slightly brackish
brackish water
little brackish
so brackish
very brackish
More collocations
Brackish
through the time
Brackish
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common