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How to pronounce turbid in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms cloudy, mirky, muddy, murky
Derivation turbidity, turbidness

Examples of turbid

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Anglers also are catching some steelhead despite the high flows and turbid water.
From the thenewstribune.com
Turbid lakes and lakes with many plant-eating fish tend to disappear more slowly.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Underwater lights are useless because the beams are refracted by the turbid water.
From the timesunion.com
Tilapia originated in the shallow, turbid waters of the rivers and lakes of Africa.
From the ocregister.com
Turbid water above the summit shows evidence of ongoing hydrothermal plume activity.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The bright colour is an irrelevance, turbid wines can be utterly wonderful.
From the guardian.co.uk
In turbid water, cichlid females are less choosy and males are less brightly coloured.
From the sciencedaily.com
Doig sinks his bargeful of gold into the greasy, turbid Volga, noting the spot carefully.
From the guardian.co.uk
Gnarled tree roots and turbid puddles of water made trekking difficult.
From the sacbee.com
More examples
  • Cloudy: (of liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters"
  • (turbidness) turbidity: muddiness created by stirring up sediment or having foreign particles suspended
  • Turbidity is the cloudiness or haziness of a fluid caused by individual particles (suspended solids) that are generally invisible to the naked eye, similar to smoke in air. The measurement of turbidity is a key test of water quality.
  • Having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear; -- used of liquids of any kind
  • (TURBIDITY) The term "turbid" is applied to waters containing suspended matter that interferes with the passage of light through the water or in which visual depth is restricted. ...
  • (turbidity) A measure of the extent to which light passing through water is reduced due to suspended materials.
  • (Turbidity) Measures particles in the water, such as sediment and algae. Related to the depth sunlight can penetrate into the water. Higher turbidities reduce the penetration of sunlight in the water and can affect species of aquatic life that survive in the waterbody. ...
  • (Turbidity) the degree of opacity of a fluid.
  • (turbidity) (1) A condition in water or wastewater caused by the presence of suspended matter, resulting in the scattering and absorption of light. (2) Any suspended solids imparting a visible haze or cloudiness to water which can be removed by filtration. ...