What does brackish mean in English? Meaning of brackish definition and abbreviation with examples.
English
English
What is "brackish" in English? Definition and Explanations
Meaning of "brackish": distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture
Adjective
Meaning: distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture
Example: a thin brackish gruel
Synonyms: brackish
Similar: unpalatable
Meaning of "brackish": slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)
Adjective
Meaning: slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)
Example: a brackish lagoon
the briny deep
Synonyms: brackish
briny
Similar: salty
Adjective: (of water) Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries. 1638 Herbert, Sir Thomas Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique ...by a low courſe and too long ſporting with the briny Ocean it taſts brackiſh and inſalubrious... 1992, Joyce Carol Oates, Black Water, Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 4. On all sides a powerful brackish marshland odor, the odor of damp, and decay, and black earth, black water. 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, Random House. The water we took on at Chatham Isle is now brackish & without a dash of brandy in it, my stomach rebels.1638 Herbert, Sir Thomas Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique ...by a low courſe and too long ſporting with the briny Ocean it taſts brackiſh and inſalubrious...1992, Joyce Carol Oates, Black Water, Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 4. On all sides a powerful brackish marshland odor, the odor of damp, and decay, and black earth, black water.2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, Random House. The water we took on at Chatham Isle is now brackish & without a dash of brandy in it, my stomach rebels.Distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste.Repulsive
Biggest dictionary system for all of languages in the World. English Dictionary Free.Wikilanguages.net online dictionary could translate in 80 languages free. Get English dictionary online for mobile and PC.
