often attributive
: a tract of soft wet land usually characterized by monocotyledons (such as grasses or cattails)
Synonyms
Examples of marsh in a Sentence
a wide expanse of marsh
the marshes along the coast support a remarkable profusion of plants and animals
Recent Examples on the Web
There’s big open water and isolated coves, quiet marshes and long channels.
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Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2024
All three sites also are within 15 miles of Everglades marshes, which might mean a longer and more complicated permitting process from federal agencies.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 7 May 2024
Tour a marsh teeming with wildlife in Carson Once part of a much larger wetlands environment known as Bixby Slough, Bixby Marshland was restored by the Los Angeles County Sanitation Departments and opened to the public in 2009.
—Laura Randall, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
Kya is a young girl abandoned by her family and left to grow up alone and isolated in the marshes of rural North Carolina.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2024
That’s not the case with pythons caught in Florida marshes.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
Prairies and marshes host more than 260 bird species.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Apr. 2024
Corcovado National Park located at Costa Rica’s remote southeast corner, is one of Central America’s most unique ecosystems, with shallow lagoons, marshes and mangrove swamps, as well as rivers, wet forest and low-altitude cloud forest.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Wood ducks will come to a roost site, often a marsh, in the evening by the hundreds.
—Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 15 Feb. 2024
Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2024
All three sites also are within 15 miles of Everglades marshes, which might mean a longer and more complicated permitting process from federal agencies.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 7 May 2024
Tour a marsh teeming with wildlife in Carson Once part of a much larger wetlands environment known as Bixby Slough, Bixby Marshland was restored by the Los Angeles County Sanitation Departments and opened to the public in 2009.
—Laura Randall, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
Kya is a young girl abandoned by her family and left to grow up alone and isolated in the marshes of rural North Carolina.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2024
That’s not the case with pythons caught in Florida marshes.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
Prairies and marshes host more than 260 bird species.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Apr. 2024
Corcovado National Park located at Costa Rica’s remote southeast corner, is one of Central America’s most unique ecosystems, with shallow lagoons, marshes and mangrove swamps, as well as rivers, wet forest and low-altitude cloud forest.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Wood ducks will come to a roost site, often a marsh, in the evening by the hundreds.
—Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 15 Feb. 2024
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“Marsh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marsh. Accessed 14 May. 2024.
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marsh
noun
: an area of soft wet land usually overgrown by grasses and sedges
marshy
adjective
ˈmär-shē
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