brackish
suomi-englanti sanakirjabrackish englannista suomeksi
suolainen
epämiellyttävä
brackish englanniksi
Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.
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1992, Carol Oates|Joyce Carol Oates, ''Water (novella)|Black Water'', Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 4.
- On all sides a powerful brackish marshland odor, the odor of damp, and decay, and black earth, black water.
2004, Mitchell (author)|David Mitchell, ''Atlas (novel)|Cloud Atlas'', Random House.
- The water we took on at Chatham Isle is now brackish & without a dash of brandy in it, my stomach rebels.
Distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste. (rfex)
Repulsive (rfex)