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salzig — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • brackish adj Of water, salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.
  • briny adj Salty, or tasting or smelling like sea water.
  • salt noun A white crystalline substance used to season and preserve food, made mainly of sodium chloride.
  • salty adj Tasting of or containing salt.

Senses

salzig is used for these senses in English:

  • brackish (of water) Salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.
  • briny Of, pertaining to, resembling or containing brine; salty.
  • salt Treated with salt as a preservative; cured with salt, salted.
  • salty Tasting of salt.

brackish — full definition

  1. adj Of water, salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries.
  2. adj Distasteful; unpleasant; not appealing to the taste.

briny — full definition

  1. adj Salty, or tasting or smelling like sea water.
  2. noun The sea (informal, often literary).

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