marsh
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2.6
- noun
- /mɑrʃ/
:
marisma
- Birds often nest in the reeds that grow along the edge of the marsh.
- salt marsh
- freshwater marsh
- marsh habitat
White egret jutting out of the marsh where cattle leave little to the earth.
- White egret jutting out of the marsh where cattle leave little to the earth.
- And so I wanted to do ponds and little wetland marshes above the bank.
- Ravenna then was in the marshes and impossible for a barbarian army to take.
- But there were no such creatures on the High Marsh.
- And the tank slipped off the off the passageway and turned over into a marsh.
- He was curing the cattle away over out Eastover the marsh in the cold for days on end, and he wore himself out.
- So and even what the marsh taught her about how to live in the marsh so that she could get away with it.
Examples
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The city was protected by strong high walls as well as marshes on three sides.
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If they reached the marsh soon enough, the fog would close in and hide them.
Fiction book (1991) -
It's a great way to see the whole marsh from above.
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It's a flat salt marsh!
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Ours is an island of forests and marshes.
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As this new information became available, the HCD approach toward permitting marsh management projects became more conservative.
Academic text (1992) -
White egret jutting out of the marsh where cattle leave little to the earth.
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A remnant of a once vast freshwater marsh system, it is surrounded by roads and development.
Academic text (1999) -
During the early stages of shrimp growth, marshes and shallow bay areas serve as nursery grounds.
Academic text (1992) -
Even the local lads wouldn't venture far into the marsh when the fog was thick.
Fiction book (1991)
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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3.9
Low wet land with grass near rivers or lakes
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4.4
A low coastal area flooded by seawater where plants can live in salty water
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8.5
A low, wet area of land with grass that often lies between land and water
A low, wet area with tall grasses and standing water
Low wet land near a river where plants grow
Compounds
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A plant that lives many years and grows in wet open land with bright blue funnel-shaped flowers
A tall annual plant that grows in wet rich soil and causes skin and pollen allergies
- Specialized
A plant that grows in salt marshes and has small pale purple or white flowers
- Specialized
A small white bell-shaped flower with narrow leaves that grows in marshes
- Specialized
A plant that grows in wet places and is eaten in salads and sometimes removed as a weed
A plant that lives many years in wet mountain places with blue or violet flowers
A small evergreen bush with pink or white hanging flowers that grows in acidic wet bogs
- Specialized
A small rabbit that lives in wet coastal marshes in the southeastern United States
A plant with spikes of white or light purple flowers that grows in salt marshes
- Specialized
A plant that lives for many years in marshes in the southeastern United States with pink to pale purple flowers
A plant with leaves divided into three small parts and white or light purple flowers that grows at water edges
- Specialized
A plant with daisy-like flowers that lives in salt marshes and comes back each year
A small North American bird with a short bill that lives in wet meadows
How Wet
Surface Forms
Etymology
Marsh comes from an old English word mersc that meant 'marsh' or 'bog', so it has long meant low, wet land often full of grasses, reeds, and birds.