Word
brackish, adj.
slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)
<adj.all>
brackish
briny
sample sentences
"a brackish lagoon"
"the briny deep"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
brackishness
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
briny
brine
brine
brininess
semantic pointers
similar to
salty
distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture
<adj.all>
brackish
sample sentences
"a thin brackish gruel"
semantic pointers
similar to
unpalatable