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marshes

marsh
M m

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [mahrsh]
    • /mɑrʃ/
    • /mɑːʃ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [mahrsh]
    • /mɑrʃ/

Definitions of marshes word

  • noun marshes a tract of low wet land, often treeless and periodically inundated, generally characterized by a growth of grasses, sedges, cattails, and rushes. 1
  • noun marshes Plural form of marsh. 1
  • noun marshes plural of marsh. 0
See all 3 definitions of marshes

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Origin of marshes

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English mershe, Old English mer(i)sc (cognate with German Marsch). See mere2, -ish1; cf. marais, marish, morass

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Parts of speech for Marshes

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Marshes

marshes popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for marshes

noun marshes

  • swampland — land or an area covered with swamps.
  • wetland — Often, wetlands. land that has a wet and spongy soil, as a marsh, swamp, or bog.
All 2 Synonyms of marshes

Antonyms for marshes

noun marshes

  • deserts — something that is deserved or merited; just reward or punishment
Just one Antonym for marshes

Top questions with marshes

  • what is a marshes?
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Related words

  • marsh tacky

    a small, sometimes half-wild horse of the coastal marshes.

  • paludal

    of or relating to marshes.

  • water purslane

    a creeping, Eurasian annual plant, Lythrum portula, of marshes and wetlands, having small flowers and rounded leaves.

  • beach goldenrod

    a composite plant, Solidago sempervirens, of eastern and southern North America, having a thick stem and large, branched, one-sided terminal clusters of yellow flowers, flourishing on sea beaches or salt marshes.

  • bittern

    any wading bird of the genera Ixobrychus and Botaurus, related and similar to the herons but with shorter legs and neck, a stouter body, and a booming call: family Ardeidae, order Ciconiiformes

  • brooklime

    either of two blue-flowered scrophulariaceous trailing plants, Veronica americana of North America or V. beccabunga of Europe and Asia, growing in moist places
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