brown water

noun

1. shallow water, as opposed to deep (blue) water.

Example Sentences

I got down my outside stairs and sloshed through brown water to the garage side door.

From Nautilus

She shuddered with disgust as the rich brown water of the Nile came up to her breast, to her chin.

From Project Gutenberg

But adventure was to be had in greater variety by dropping seaward with the bickering brown water.

From Project Gutenberg

The slim legs were delicately modelled and the big eyes were like pools of gold-brown water, fringed with rushes.

From Project Gutenberg

Below is a waste of mud, through which meander a few inches of thick brown water.

From Project Gutenberg

It seemed that the fish lay only a few inches under the surface of the brown water.

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