marsh
noun/mɑːʃ/
/mɑːrʃ/
[countable, uncountable]- an area of low land that is always soft and wet because there is nowhere for the water to flow away to
- Cows were grazing on the marshes.
- After so much rain, the field had become a marsh (= a very wet area).
- The land is colonized by various types of marsh vegetation.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- coastal
- salt
- saltwater
- …
- drain
- grass
- plant
- bird
- …
- in a/the marsh
- on a/the marsh
Word OriginOld English mer(i)sc (perhaps influenced by late Latin mariscus ‘marsh’), of West Germanic origin.Definitions on the go
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