Etymology

brack

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Today it means: Salty or brackish water. Full definition →

Middle Dutch brac
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brack · noun1

  1. Middle Dutch · borrowed frombrac
  2. English todaybrack

From Middle Dutch brac (whence Dutch brak). More at brackish.

brack · noun2

Compare Dutch braak.

brack · noun3

Shortening.

brack · adjective4

From black

Words from the same roots

Middle Dutchbrac all →

brackish

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