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Brackishness

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Noun

1. brackishness

the quality of being salty, as the saltiness of water

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Brackishness

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adjective
(of water) slightly briny or salty

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Brackishness

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adjective
1. 
somewhat salty, as the water of some marshes near the sea
2. 
having an unpleasant taste; nauseating

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Brackishness

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adj.
1.
a. Being or containing water that is somewhat salty but less salty than sea water.
b. Having a somewhat salty taste or smell: "You could cut the brackish winds with a knife / Here in Nantucket" (Robert Lowell).
2. Distasteful; unpalatable: a thin, brackish gruel.

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