Usually means: Mix of freshwater and saltwater.
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  1. brackish: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. brackish: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. brackish: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. brackish: Collins English Dictionary
  5. brackish: Vocabulary.com
  6. Brackish, brackish: Wordnik
  7. brackish: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. brackish: Wiktionary
  9. brackish: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. brackish: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. brackish: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. brackish: Dictionary.com
  13. brackish: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. brackish: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Brackish (song), Brackish: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Brackish: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. brackish: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. brackish: Rhymezone
  19. Brackish: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. brackish: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. brackish: Free Dictionary
  22. brackish: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  23. brackish: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. Brackish: Urban Dictionary

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(Note: See brackishness as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (of water) 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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