Brackish has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Adjective
1
distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture
"a thin brackish gruel"
2
slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)
"a brackish lagoon"
"the briny deep"
3
Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.
Example Sentences
"a thin brackish gruel"
adjective
"a brackish lagoon"
adjective
"the briny deep"
adjective
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