Brackish

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Being or containing water that is somewhat salty but less salty than sea water.
  • adjective. Having a somewhat salty taste or smell.
  • adjective. Distasteful; unpalatable.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Possessing a salt or somewhat salt taste; salt in a moderate degree: applied to water.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Saltish, or salt in a moderate degree, as water in saline soil.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.
  • adjective. Distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste.
  • adjective. Repulsive
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  • adjective. slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)
  • adjective. distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture
    • Word Usage
    "I use them in brackish water with shrimp and they do a great job of lip hooking."
    Equivalent
    salty  unpalatable  
    Form
    brackishness  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    acrid  alkaline  briny  dank  fetid  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bad  barfy  briny  cloying  fetid  
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