brackish
adjective/ˈbrækɪʃ/
/ˈbrækɪʃ/
- (of water) containing salt and tasting of it in an unpleasant way
- brackish lakes/lagoons/marshes
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBrackish is used with these nouns:- water
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from obsolete brack ‘salty’, from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch brac.Want to learn more?
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