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brown water

brown water noun: inland (river) or coastal waters, in contrast to blue water.

Noun

brown water (uncountable)

  1. (attributive, often) Inland (river) or coastal waters, in contrast to blue water.
    • […] brown-water ships and this is the factor that leads to the mismatch between ideas and practice. The other parameters of a blue - water force are better.2007, Atish Sinha, Madhup Mohta, Indian Foreign Policy: Challenges and Opportunities, page 953
    • […] ships … that served … primarily or exclusively in inland waterways, … categorized as brown-water ships or [personnel] who served on such ships before or after the designated period of brown water activity are not eligible …2011, Committee on Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans and Agent Orange Exposure, Institute of Medicine, Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans and Agent Orange Exposure

Questions about brown water

What does brown water mean?
Brown water means inland (river) or coastal waters, in contrast to blue water.
What part of speech is brown water?
Brown water is a noun.

Words near brown water in the dictionary

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  3. Brown Township
  4. brown trout
  5. brown up
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  7. brown Windsor soup
  8. brown woolly monkey
  9. brown woolly monkeys
  10. Brown's syndrome
  11. Brown's Town

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