American English pronunciation
How to pronounce brackish
IPA transcription: [b'ɹækɪʃ]
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Adjective
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distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture
“a thin brackish gruel”
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slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)
“a brackish lagoon”
“the briny deep”
Usage examples
- Brackish marshes have formed where channels and streams enter the lake.
- This was caused by wiring being submerged in the brackish water from Katrina.
- They are found in brackish or saline wetlands in warm or hot climates.
- The fiddler crabs sold in pet stores generally come from brackish water lagoons.
- Also, several taxa occur in the brackish-water Caspian Sea and the Black Sea basin.
- Six smaller lagoons, some freshwater and some brackish, line the coast farther south.
- Pike are seldom found in brackish water, except for the Baltic Sea area.
- Some species are native to freshwater or brackish estuarine environments.