briny
any very large body of (salt) water • Syn: main • Hypernyms: body of water, water • Part Holonyms: hydrosphere • Part Meronyms: high sea, international waters, offing, territorial waters
slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water) - a brackish lagoon - the briny deep • Syn: brackish • Similar to: salty • Derivationally related forms: brine, brininess, brackishness (for: brackish)
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