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brackish
Meaning: slightly salty, especially from mixed fresh water and seawater
brackish in a sentence
How brackish is used in real sentences:
Only a few hardy plants could tolerate the marsh's brackish water.
The well turned brackish after the storm pushed seawater inland.
“Near the loading dock, a broken treatment tank released noxious fumes, and water in a cooling trench became brackish after tidal flooding pushed salt upstream.”
— from the passage The Authority No Chart Showed
Synonyms for brackish
Other words for brackish — saline, saltish and briny — carry the same meaning.
- saline
- saltish
- briny
Antonyms of brackish
Words that mean the opposite of brackish:
- fresh
- pure
- unsalted
Where it comes from
From Dutch brak, meaning 'salty.'
Memory hook
BRACKISH sounds like 'briny-ish': somewhat salty, but not fully seawater.