adjective
- slightly salty, especially describing water that is a mixture of fresh water and seawater
- unpleasant to taste; distasteful
Examples
- The brackish water in the estuary supports unique plant and animal species.
- Fish that live in brackish environments can tolerate varying salt levels.
- The well water had a brackish taste that made it undrinkable.
- Mangrove trees thrive in the brackish waters where rivers meet the sea.
- The lagoon’s brackish water was neither fully fresh nor fully salty.
- After the storm surge, the pond became brackish with seawater.