Definitions for brackish

brackish brack·ish

Spelling: [brak-ish]
IPA: /ˈbræk ɪʃ/

Brackish is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 317 anagrams from letters in brackish (abchikrs).

Definitions for brackish

adjective

  1. having a slightly salty or briny flavor.
  2. distasteful; unpleasant.

Origin of brackish

1530-40; Dutch brak salty + -ish1

Examples for brackish

To the taste it is not only brackish, but hath other loathsome tasts.

Water is, every where, to be had; but it is brackish, like the water of the lake.

They all found the water deep and brackish, and the current very slow.

At last some brackish water was found, and the Roebuck proceeded to Timor.

A brackish breeze blew off the Black Sea, mixing with rotting garbage, human sweat, cheap cleaning products, and undefined fumes.

Its water is brackish; that of the Nile is good and pleasant.

And so, you see, she lies there dying in the brackish water.

It was fresh water, undoubtedly; very cold, and not in the least brackish.

The solution of a base has a soapy feel and a brackish taste.

We at length reached a pool of brackish water, which somewhat restored us.

Word Value for brackish
Scrable

19

Words with friends

20

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