Brackish

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having a somewhat salty taste, especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water: "You could cut the brackish winds with a knife/Here in Nantucket” ( Robert Lowell).
  • adj. Distasteful; unpalatable: a thin, brackish gruel.
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  • adj. Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.
  • adj. Distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste.
  • adj. Repulsive
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Saltish, or salt in a moderate degree, as water in saline soil.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Possessing a salt or somewhat salt taste; salt in a moderate degree: applied to water.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)
  • adj. distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture
    • Equivalent
    salty    unpalatable   
    Form
    brackishness   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sal   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    salty    fetid    stagnant    swampy    malodorous   
     
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