brackish

«brackish» in Mova's school dictionary: Slightly salty, a mix of fresh water and sea water, like… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (brackish)

meaning for a pupil

1) Slightly salty, a mix of fresh water and sea water, like water where a river meets the sea. tree →

2) (of water) Not nice to drink, a bit salty or dirty. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and science lessons it describes estuaries, mangroves, marshes and lagoons, where special plants and animals live. Phrases: "brackish water", "brackish lagoon".

examples

• Brackish water is found where rivers meet the sea. tree →
• Mangroves grow well in brackish water. tree →
• The well water tasted brackish. tree →
• Some fish can live in fresh, salty and brackish water. tree →
• The Baltic Sea is brackish, less salty than the ocean. tree →
• Never drink brackish water when camping; it can make you ill. tree →

note

Adjective only. Brackish water is in between fresh water (almost no salt) and sea water (about 35 grams of salt per litre).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «brackish» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.