Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Being or containing water that is somewhat salty but less salty than sea water.
- adjective Having a somewhat salty taste or smell.
- adjective Distasteful; unpalatable.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Possessing a salt or somewhat salt taste; salt in a moderate degree: applied to water.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Saltish, or salt in a moderate degree, as water in saline soil.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of water
Salty or slightlysalty , as a mixture offresh andsea water, such as that found inestuaries . - adjective
Distasteful ; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste. - adjective
Repulsive
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)
- adjective distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I like to fish in brackish waters mainly I live on the east coast of florida where the downpours have been coming down for 4 days I have been advised this type of weather messes up the fishing???
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During the winter a portion of the population will stack up in brackish creeks making them more susceptible to "cold stun" as the small bodies of water cool more quickly.
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I use them in brackish water with shrimp and they do a great job of lip hooking.
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I use them in brackish water with shrimp and they do a great job of lip hooking.
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During the winter a portion of the population will stack up in brackish creeks making them more susceptible to "cold stun" as the small bodies of water cool more quickly.
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I like to fish in brackish waters mainly I live on the east coast of florida where the downpours have been coming down for 4 day | Field & Stream
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"Expand shrimp and crab farming in brackish water" ...
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Microalgae have garnered considerable attention, since acre-by-acre microalgae can produce 30-100 times the oil yield of soybeans on marginal land and in brackish water.
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Microalgae have garnered considerable attention, since acre-by-acre microalgae can produce 30-100 times the oil yield of soybeans on marginal land and in brackish water.
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Algae can grow in brackish (semi-salty) water and probably could even help reclaim some sewage.
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