marsh
marsh
Definition
marsh (märs̸h)
noun
a tract of low, wet, soft land that is temporarily, or permanently, covered with water, characterized by aquatic, grasslike vegetation; swamp; bog; morass; fen
Etymology: ME mersch < OE merisc, akin to MLowG mersch, marsch (> Ger marsch) < IE base *mori, sea > mare
Marsh
Definition
Marsh (märs̸h)
Marsh, Reginald 1898-1954; U.S. painter
marsh
Synonyms
marsh
Usage Examples
Possessives
- broker: Quot totals quot marsh's brokers routinely all of the.
Converse of object
- drain: Progress They drained the marsh that sought the land.
- overlook: They have lived overlooking the marshes at Salthouse for over 25 years.
- flood: The Rocket House on Great Eye, seen here across the flooded marsh, survived this flood.
Adjective modifier
- peaty: Patches of peaty marsh in low-lying areas between ridges of moraine and valley sides.
- coastal: The beef is produced from cows raised on coastal grazing marsh.
- tidal: Originally Bath and King's Saltern Roads were lanes passing along the edge of the river or tidal marsh.
- lowland: Dromius sigma is found on muddy or peaty soils near standing water in fens, lowland marshes, flooded quarries and gravel pits.
- nearby: The monks drained much of the nearby marshes, which became a fertile farming area.
Modifies a noun
- fritillary: It is also a recorded site for the marsh fritillary butterfly.
- harrier: A female marsh harrier was hunting over Combe Haven Valley.
- marigold: Wetland birds are already enjoying these new habitats and plants like marsh marigold are making a comeback.
- orchid: Southern marsh orchid at Brooklands In 1996 the Trust decided to create a 1 ha.
- helleborine: In the past, grass of Parnassus and marsh helleborine used to grow here.
- scandal: For three distinct the marsh scandal been turned into.
Noun used with modifier
- grazing: The beef is produced from cows raised on coastal grazing marsh.
- salt: The salt marsh had lots of small brown birds, mainly Larks.
- freshwater: Freshwater marsh; These are found adjacent to some of the saltmarsh areas, e.g. off Pirates Cove.
- reed: The reed marshes on your left are a nature reserve for wild fowl and are known locally as the " Bents " .
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