marsh
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noun
a tract of low wet land, often treeless and periodically inundated, generally characterized by a growth of grasses, sedges, cattails, and rushes.
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World English Dictionary
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| —n | |
| Compare swamp low poorly drained land that is sometimes flooded and often lies at the edge of lakes, streams, etcRelated: paludal | |
| Related: paludal | |
| [Old English merisc; related to German Marsch, Dutch marsk; related to | |
| 'marshlike | |
| —adj | |
| Marsh (mɑːʃ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Dame (Edith) Ngaio (ˈnaɪəʊ). 1899--1981, New Zealand crime writer, living in Britain (from 1928). Her many detective novels include Final Curtain (1947) and Last Ditch (1977) |
| 2. | Rodney (William). born 1947, Australian cricketer. He finished his career with a world record of 355 Test match dismissals |
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Word Origin & History
marsh
O.E. mersc, merisc, from W.Gmc. *marisko (cf. Du. mars, Ger. Marsch), probably from P.Gmc. *mari- "sea" (see mere (n.)).
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Science Dictionary
| marsh (märsh) Pronunciation Key
An area of low-lying wetland in which the level of water is generally shallow and often fluctuating. The water may be either standing or slow-moving. The water in a marsh is also more or less neutral or alkaline, in contrast to the water in a bog, which is acidic. The environment of a marsh is in general well-oxygenated and nutrient-rich and allows a great variety of organisms to flourish. In contrast to a swamp, in which there is an abundance of woody plants, the plants in a marsh are mostly herbaceous. Reeds and rushes dominate the vegetation of marshes. See also salt marsh. |
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Example sentences from the web
This is the marsh that now separates the sea from the city of ephesus.
He founded a new town located on some afforested dunes in the middle of a marsh.
The bulky nest is built from vegetation in a marsh and lined with down.
It contains large tracts of sandy land covered with wild marsh.
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