noun
marsh
mahsh
noun
1
A low-lying area of wet, spongy ground, usually covered in grasses and reeds rather than trees.
"Herons stalked frogs at the edge of the marsh."
"The road flooded every spring because it cut straight through a marsh."
How to Use Marsh
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishSoggy, grassy ground that sits between dry land and open water.
Common mistake
A marsh has grasses and reeds rather than trees; a swamp is the wooded, wetter equivalent.
Common pairings
salt marsh
marsh grass
marsh bird
Word Forms
marshes plural
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Etymology
From Old English mersc, related to "mere" (a lake or body of water) — a marsh is essentially land that never fully dries out.