marsh
IPA: mˈɑrʃ
noun
- An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass.
- A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living by a marsh.
- A number of places in England:
- A hamlet in Great and Little Kimble cum Marsh parish, Buckinghamshire, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SP8109).
- A small village in Yarcombe parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST2510).
- A small suburb of Oxenhope, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0235).
- A suburb of Cleckheaton, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1925).
- A western suburb of Huddersfield, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1217).
- A township in Surry County, North Carolina, United States.
- A township in Barnes County, North Dakota, United States.
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Examples of "marsh" in Sentences
- Degradation of the buffer marshes.
- The marshes of the park recede in swamps.
- Marshes are the most precious part of the park.
- Much of the marsh and bayous remained impassable.
- The battle of the Bloody Marsh was nothing but a sideshow.
- Olovald is the god of the marshes and delta in the Wasteland.
- The area is primarily cattail marsh, although some areas are fen marsh.
- The area consist of of riparian woodlands, wetlands, marsh and farm land.
- Common cottongrass and marsh cinquefoil occur in the wet mire conditions.
- This created a malodorous salty marsh similar to that at Booterstown marsh.
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