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Meaning of "brackish" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BRACKISH

From Middle Dutch brac salty.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BRACKISH

brackish  [ˈbrækɪʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRACKISH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Brackish is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BRACKISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Brackish water

Brackish water or briny water is water that has more salinity than fresh water, but not as much as seawater. It may result from mixing of seawater with fresh water, as in estuaries, or it may occur in brackish fossil aquifers. The word comes from the Middle Dutch root "brak". Certain human activities can produce brackish water, in particular certain civil engineering projects such as dikes and the flooding of coastal marshland to produce brackish water pools for freshwater prawn farming. Brackish water is also the primary waste product of the salinity gradient power process. Because brackish water is hostile to the growth of most terrestrial plant species, without appropriate management it is damaging to the environment. Technically, brackish water contains between 0.5 and 30 grams of salt per litre—more often expressed as 0.5 to 30 parts per thousand. Thus, brackish covers a range of salinity regimes and is not considered a precisely defined condition. It is characteristic of many brackish surface waters that their salinity can vary considerably over space and/or time.

Definition of brackish in the English dictionary

The definition of brackish in the dictionary is slightly briny or salty.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BRACKISH


blackish
ˈblækɪʃ
bookish
ˈbʊkɪʃ
cliquish
ˈkliːkɪʃ
darkish
ˈdɑːkɪʃ
folkish
ˈfəʊkɪʃ
Frankish
ˈfræŋkɪʃ
freakish
ˈfriːkɪʃ
hawkish
ˈhɔːkɪʃ
kish
kɪʃ
knackish
ˈnækɪʃ
mawkish
ˈmɔːkɪʃ
monkish
ˈmʌŋkɪʃ
peckish
ˈpɛkɪʃ
pinkish
ˈpɪŋnkɪʃ
prankish
ˈpræŋkɪʃ
puckish
ˈpʌkɪʃ
punkish
ˈpʌŋkɪʃ
quackish
ˈkwækɪʃ
rakish
ˈreɪkɪʃ
Turkish
ˈtɜːkɪʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRACKISH

brachyurous
bracing
bracingly
braciola
brack
bracken
bracket
bracket fungus
bracket lamp
bracketing
brackishness
Bracknell
Bracknell Forest
braconid
bract
bracteal
bracteate
bracteolate
bracteole
bractless

WORDS THAT END LIKE BRACKISH

bleakish
blockish
briskish
buckish
clerkish
cockish
dankish
duskish
hickish
lakish
larkish
luskish
parkish
peacockish
rookish
sickish
sneakish
stockish
textbookish
weakish

Synonyms and antonyms of brackish in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BRACKISH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «brackish» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of brackish

Translation of «brackish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BRACKISH

Find out the translation of brackish to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of brackish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «brackish» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

咸淡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

salobre
570 millions of speakers

English

brackish
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खारे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأجاج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

солоноватой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

salobra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ষৎ লোণা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

saumâtre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Payau
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

brackig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

汽水性の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

기수
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Puyuh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Thuộc về nước lợ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உவர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खारट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tuzlu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

salmastro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

słonawa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

солонуватій
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

salmastră
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υφάλμυρο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

brak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bräckt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

brakkvann
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of brackish

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRACKISH»

The term «brackish» is regularly used and occupies the 56.688 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BRACKISH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about brackish

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRACKISH»

Discover the use of brackish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to brackish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Brackish Water Fishes: An Aquarist's Guide to ...
What exactly is brackish water? Which fishes are considered brackish water fishes? What kind of tank should brackish water fishes be kept in? What special conditions do these fishes require?
Neale Monks, 2006
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Brackish water prawn culture
Study relates to the culture and fisheries of Penaeus monodon and Penaeus indicus on the Orissa coast of India, with reference to the Chilka lagoon.
Madhab C. Dash, Prabhat Nalini Patnaik, 1994
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Desalination of seawater and brackish water
Part of the AWWA Trend Series, this is a compilation of the most significant published works on desalination from January 2001-March 2004.
William C. Lauer, American Water Works Association, 2006
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The Brackish-Water Fauna of Northwestern Europe
Salinities (in %o) within Milford Haven, Wales, during high water of spring tides: like several other drowned river valleys, for much of the time Milford Haven is virtually an arm of the sea and not a brackish-water habitat, although a number of  ...
Richard S. K. Barnes, 1994
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Membrane Contactor Processes for Desalination of Brackish ...
Keywords. desalination, forward osmosis, membrane distillation, brackish water, zero liquid discharge, brine disposal
C. Riziero Martinetti, 2008
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Investigations of Brackish Water Aquaculture in the ...
MAGNESIUM BUDGET FOR INLAND BRACKISH WATER SHRIMP PONDS IN ALABAMA Abstract A magnesium budget was prepared for a commercial inland brackish water shrimp farm located in the Blackland Prairie region of Alabama for  ...
Harvey J. Pine, 2008
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Meiobenthology: The Microscopic Motile Fauna of Aquatic ...
Marine and limnetic sediments are connected by a brackish zone that is primarily characterized by its variable salinity. This is influenced by the tides, climatic, hydrodynamic and/or geographical factors. The future climatic change with ...
Olav Giere, 2008
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Salinity Management for Sustainable Irrigation: Integrating ...
Use of Brackish and Saline Water Extensive studies have shown that, in certain circumstances, and with appropriate precautions, available brackish water can be used safely, and even advantageously, for the irrigation of salt-tolerant crops.
Daniel Hillel, 2000
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Wetland Indicators: A Guide to Wetland Identification, ...
A Guide to Wetland Identification, Delineation, Classification, and Mapping Ralph W. Tiner. ESTUARINE WETLANDS Estuarine wetlands are salt and brackish marshes associated with tidal estuaries (i.e., salt and brackish tidal waters) located ...
Ralph W. Tiner, 1999
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Shallow Lakes `98: Trophic Interactions in Shallow ...
This volume combines articles on shallow lakes from leading European scientists in limnology.
Norbert Walz, Brigitte Nixdorf, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRACKISH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term brackish is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bangkok tap water may run out in a month
But during droughts, the saltwater creeps upstream, turning the Chao Phraya brackish. The seawater can kill crops and threatens the pumping ... «Malaysiakini, Jul 15»
2
Watch Independence Day: Resurgence teaser as humanity fights for …
Judd Hirsch and Brent Spiner will resume their roles as Julius Levinson and Dr Brackish Okun respectively. Independence Day Resurgence is ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
The Tiny Clams That Ate the Bay Delta
Regardless of whether the clams in the neighborhood are Corbula in salty or brackish water, or Corbicula in fresh, their main effects on the ... «KCET, Jul 15»
4
Triathlon is canceled because of bacteria levels in water
A coast event is canceled due to a danger lurking in the water. The bacteria known as Vibrio Vulnificus, is a common one in warm brackish ... «WLOX, Jul 15»
5
First large-scale RO system in FL to use ozone for treating H2S in …
CLEARWATER, FL, July 6, 2015 -- The city of Clearwater, Fla., recently completed its new brackish reverse osmosis (RO) water treatment plant (WTP) No. «WaterWorld, Jul 15»
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State to procure 126 BWROs
The state's Secretary of Environment and Water Resources has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to procure and deploy 126 brackish well ... «Water Desalination Report, Jul 15»
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As I See It: A Southern exposure
... my imagination that the water for “whites” seemed cool and refreshing, while the water for the “coloreds” appeared luke-warm and brackish? «Worcester Telegram, Jul 15»
8
Drought Sends US Water Agency Back to Drawing Board
... plants — at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars per plant — which could convert brackish groundwater to water for drinking and irrigation. «New York Times, Jul 15»
9
AP helps push MPEDA exports to top
Macro and micro survey was taken up in brackish and fresh water areas to increase the production in the State. 2.79 lakh metric tonnes were ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
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Haiti - Social : Nearly 200000 Haitian families affected by drought
In Grand Gosier, families must travel to Thiotte or Belle Anse to source in water unless sourcing in the brackish water wells of the seafront. «Haitilibre.com, Jul 15»

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