marsh

/mɑ:ʃ/
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marsh

A heron wades through the shallow water of a marsh.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • Low-lying wetland with grassy vegetation: A marsh is an area of soft, wet, low-lying land, characterized by grassy vegetation and often forming a transition zone between solid land and a body of water like a river or lake.
    • Proper noun (person): Marsh is also a surname, notably belonging to specific individuals such as the New Zealand writer Ngaio Marsh or the American painter Reginald Marsh.
Usage and Examples
  • Noun (wetland):
    • The trail led us through a vast saltwater marsh teeming with birds.
    • It's difficult to build on this land because it's mostly marsh.
    • Conservationists are working to protect the coastal marshes.
Advanced Usage
  • "to be marsh-like": Having the qualities of a marsh; boggy or waterlogged.
    • After the heavy rains, the field became marsh-like and impassable.
Variants and Related Words
  • Marshland (n): An extensive area of marsh.
    • Thousands of acres of marshland were drained for agriculture.
  • Marshy (adj): Characteristic of or resembling a marsh; soggy.
    • The ground near the lake is too marshy for a picnic.
  • Salt marsh (n): A coastal marsh flooded and drained by salt water brought in by the tides.
  • Freshwater marsh (n): A marsh that is not influenced by saltwater.
Synonyms
  • Bog: A wetland area with a high acid content, often dominated by peat moss.
  • Swamp: A forested wetland.
  • Fen: A type of wetland fed by groundwater and surface water, less acidic than a bog.
  • Wetland: A broad term for land consisting of marshes or swamps; saturated land.
Related Phrases and Compounds
  • Marsh gas: Methane gas produced by the decomposition of organic matter in marshes.
  • Marsh hawk: An older name for the Northern Harrier, a bird of prey commonly found in marshes.
  • Marsh marigold: A plant with bright yellow flowers that grows in wet meadows and marshes.
marsh

A heron wades through the shallow water of a marsh.

Noun
  1. New Zealand writer of detective stories (1899-1982)
  2. United States painter (1898-1954)
  3. low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water
    • thousands of acres of marshland
    • the fens of eastern England

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