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adjective
1.
slightly salt; having a salty or briny flavor.
2.
distasteful; unpleasant.
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Brackish
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Example Sentences
- Three hundred million people now get their water from the sea or from brackish groundwater that is too salty to drink.
- Algae can be grown in areas not suited for food crops, using pools of brackish water or even farming them in seawater.
- Two-thirds of the world capacity is processing seawater, and one-third uses brackish artesian water.
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Science Dictionary
brackish  (brāk'ĭsh) Pronunciation Key
Containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water. Brackish water is somewhat salty. |
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