noun
brack
brak
noun
1
Water that is salty or brackish.
"The marsh was fed by brack seeping in from the estuary."
"Nothing grew where the brack had soaked into the soil."
2
A crack, gap, or break in something solid.
"A brack had opened along the old stone wall."
"He found a brack in the ice just wide enough to fall through."
3
A flaw or fault running through a piece of cloth.
"The weaver rejected the bolt because of a brack down one side."
How to Use Brack
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn old, rarely-used word for salty water or for a crack/flaw in something.
Common mistake
Very rare outside dialect or historical writing — in everyday English "brackish" and "crack" are the words people actually reach for.
Common pairings
a brack of water
a brack in the cloth
Word Forms
bracks plural, bracks plural, Bracks plural
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Etymology
From Middle Dutch brac, the same root that gives English "brackish."