Brackish Definition

brackish
adjective
  1. distasteful and unpleasant; spoiled by mixture; "a thin brackish gruel"
  2. slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water); "a brackish lagoon"; "the briny deep"

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