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brackish::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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| Synonyms | briny |
| Derivation | brackishness |
a brackish lagoon.
brackish::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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a thin brackish gruel.
Examples of brackish
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The species is native to Western Europe and lives in shallow, brackish habitats.
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The Osprey breeds by freshwater lakes, and sometimes on coastal brackish waters.
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To grow, the molluscs require brackish water, which is washed away by flooding.
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Farmers have converted mangrove swamps into brackish ponds for shrimp and fish.
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The Cabbage Palm is known to tolerate drought, standing water and brackish water.
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Our units will turn the brackish water from the river into clean water instantly.
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Since the bay is an estuary, it has fresh water, salt water and brackish water.
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The final resolution of the symposium on the classification of brackish waters.
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The village itself has become an archipelago of brackish pools and patches of mud.
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- Distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture; "a thin brackish gruel"
- Slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water); "a brackish lagoon"; "the briny deep"
- (brackishness) the quality of being salty, as the saltiness of water
- Brackish water is water that has more salinity than fresh water, but not as much as seawater. It may result from mixing of seawater with fresh water, as in estuaries, or it may occur in brackish fossil aquifers. The word comes from the Middle Dutch root "brak," meaning "salten" or "salty". ...
- Spit was the successful debut album by Kittie, a Canadian metal all-women band from London, Ontario. It was released in 1999 on Artemis Records and projected the band into the mainstream heavy metal music scene. It has been certified Gold by the RIAA.
- Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries; distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste; repulsive
- Water of intermediate salinity between seawater and freshwater.
- A taste fault giving the coffee brew a salty and alkaline sensation. The result of salts and alkaline inorganic material left after evaporation of water from the brew due to excessive heat after brewing.
- Water with a chloride (salt) level greater than 250 milligrams per liter (mg/L) and less than 19,000 mg/L.
