brackish
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Synonyms & Antonyms for brackish
Synonyms
distasteful, unappetizing, unpalatable, unsavory, yucky (also yukky)
Antonyms
appetizing, delectable, delicious, delish, palatable, savory (also savoury), tasty, toothsome, yummy
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To prevent infection with V. vulnificus, the CDC recommends that people with open wounds avoid contact with salt or brackish water or cover their wounds with a waterproof bandage. — Rachael Rettner, Scientific American, "āFlesh-Eatingā Bacteria May Be Spreading to Beaches Once Thought Off-Limits," 18 June 2019 The neighborhood is a mixture of Bahamian, Haitian, Dominican, and Cuban, and is bordered by the Little River, a brackish, semi-polluted canal. — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, "The Survival of Iggy Pop," 26 Aug. 2019 As northern tributaries injected fresh rainwater into the bay, the amount of salt dissolved in the normally brackish bay water became severely diluted. — Julia Rentsch, baltimoresun.com, "Maryland oysters are having a bad year, and hereās why," 18 Aug. 2019 Blue-green algae can harm both the freshwater and brackish ecoysystems, but also in some cases be toxic to humans if ingested, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. — Ricky Pinela, orlandosentinel.com, "Three dogs died from toxic algae after playing in a pond: report," 12 Aug. 2019 Not a lot grows on this volcanic islandāby comparison, Denmark, the seat of the Nordic movement, might as well be Provenceābut the plants that do manage to root and thrive in the anemic soil and brackish tide pools are of outsized deliciousness. — Fortune, "Restaurant Review: Icelandās Slippurinn Is an Ephemeral Culinary Destination," 11 Aug. 2019 The Tennessee Hollow trail will circle the new lagoon, allowing hikers to go from the headwaters at El Polin Spring through wet meadows, past a brackish marsh to the bay shore. — Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, "On the edge of SFās Presidio, restoring a watershed will benefit nature and humans," 5 Aug. 2019 Vibrio Vulnificus, on the other hand, lives and breeds in warm and brackish water, and can infect someone by entering the body through a cut or scrape. — Justine Griffin, sun-sentinel.com, "Why is flesh-eating bacteria on the rise? Some point to climate change," 26 July 2019 Vibrio vulnificus, just one of at least eight of the most common bacteria known to cause such an infection, Nizet said, is connected to salt or brackish water exposure. — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Expert: Flesh-eating bacteria often present in the body before severe infection takes hold," 19 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'brackish.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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