fen
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- noun
- /fɛn/
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pantano
- The accumulated peat is more than sixty feet deep at the center of the fen, and the deepest layers are said to be more than 11,000 years old.
- fens and bogs
- swampy fens
- plants in the fen
Examples
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Originally a glacial lake, the fen has filled in with vegetation, notably sphagnum, or peat moss.
Academic text (2011) -
Andersen's native Denmark was once covered with extensive bogs, fens, and marshes.
Academic text (2002) -
I should visit the fens in England, now that I "get" this kind of landscape.
Blog text (11) -
Morning might have been the time when the fens were most picturesque.
Fiction book (1998) -
In the dream, Jenny was moving across the fen; others joined her, forming a procession.
Fiction book (1998) -
With shoes dangling from her fingers, she stood and looked out over Wyndham Fen and sighed.
Fiction book (1998) -
He built the Boston Common, the Public Garden, the Emerald Necklace and the Fens in New York.
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Couples walk side by side along the musty fen water, their shoulders bumping, their hands entwined.
Fiction book (1997) -
The endless monotony of the fens was bad enough in daylight, and worse at night because it got really spooky.
Fiction book (1998) -
The marshy habitat surrounding the fen is home to many species of birds and plants.
Synonyms
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3.5
An area of land that is always or sometimes wet and has water plants and animals
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2.6
A low, wet area with grasses and reeds near water
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3.9
Low wet land with grass near rivers or lakes
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9.9
A wet area where the ground stays wet and small trees like willows grow
A low, wet area with tall grasses and standing water
Wet, spongy land with moss and peat where plants and animals live
Compounds
- UK
A small plant that grows in marshes with two low leaves and dull yellow green flowers
- UK
A small orchid from Europe and eastern North America with two low leaves and dull yellow-green flowers
How Wet
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word fen comes from an old English word meaning 'marsh' or 'wet ground', so a fen is low land often full of water and grasses.