swamp
- noun
- /swɑmp/
- Some of the shrubs are black chokeberry, blue huckleberry, silky willow, swamp azalea, and sweet gale.
- swamps and marshes
- mangrove swamps
- peat swamp
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- And we go ashore into the swamps of Florida.
- Some have been hiding in swamps and out in the countryside for days on end.
- So we're in the swamp today, guys, this is my home territory.
- And fed the limbs to the alligators in the swamp.
- Oh cool, we decided to try to walk through the swamp barefoot.
Examples
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She thinks the swamp is haunted.
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You know the one about the Louisiana swamp?
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Some of them grow down near the swamp, and I must have an escort.
Fiction book (1990) -
So when I go to a swamp, it smells of eggs.
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It's daylight in the swamp.
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Oh cool, we decided to try to walk through the swamp barefoot.
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After several months, they finally found islands in the swamp's interior.
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And we go ashore into the swamps of Florida.
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Nearly five thousand Georgia soldiers were slogging through the Florida swamps and on alert near the state's southern border.
Academic text (2011) -
The alligator glided silently through the murky waters of the swamp, searching for its next meal.
Synonyms
A low, wet area with grasses and reeds near water
An area of land that is always or sometimes wet and has water plants and animals
A wet, soft area of ground with dead plants
Low wet land with grass near rivers or lakes
Low land that often floods and has trees and bushes
A wet, spongy area of land made of dead plants used as fuel
An area of wet land with a thick layer of old plant material that holds water
A large low wet area with thick plants and water
Wet, spongy land with moss and peat where plants and animals live
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
An infection people get from animals that causes fever and yellow skin
A large swamp in southeast Georgia and northeast Florida that is home to many wild animals
- US
A large North American tree that grows in wet soil and is used for its wood or colorful leaves
- US
A tree growing where the ground is often wet with five-lobed leaves that turn red or yellow in autumn
- Australian
A medium-sized tree from southern Australia that grows in damp or swampy places
- US
A large vehicle with big wheels and a raised body that goes across wet, muddy land
- Specialized
A tree that has cones and a swollen base that grows in southern US swamps
A yellow wildflower with narrow leaves that grows in wet places like bogs and marshes
A large tree that grows in wet soil and has strong wood and leaves with shallow lobes
- US
A large rabbit that lives in marshes and swims well in the southeastern United States
- US
A bush that loses its leaves and grows in eastern United States swamps with small pink or white flowers
A tall bush that grows in wet ground and makes dark blue berries you can eat in eastern North America
- Specialized
A bristly trailing plant with small black berries like a blackberry that grows in wet places
- US
A birch tree from the western United States with brownish bark that grows in wetlands
- Specialized
A medium to large tree with big leaves that grows in wet areas of the southeastern United States
- Australian
A small leafless Australian shrub with small yellow flowers that grows in wet places
- Australian
A medium-sized eucalyptus tree that grows in swampy mountain areas in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia
A large tree with a thick trunk that grows near rivers and lakes in central Mexico
Wood from large trees that grow near rivers in Mexico used for furniture and boats
- US
A tree from the southern United States with light wood used for furniture and guitars
A low spiny bush that grows in wet ground and has small black berries you can eat
- Specialized
Wood from trees with swollen bases that grow in southern US swamps and that people use to make furniture
A tree from the eastern United States with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin, very bitter nuts
- US
A tree that grows in wet places like rivers and marshes with large rounded leaves and brown bark
How Wet
Surface Forms
Etymology
Swamp comes from an old English word swamm that meant 'bog' or 'marsh'. A swamp is wet, soft land that holds water and can make you stuck, which is why the word names that low, waterlogged place.