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Definition of marsh
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Marsh
biographical name
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Definition of Marsh (Entry 2 of 2)
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1899–1982 New Zealand writer
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Synonyms for marsh
Synonyms: Noun
bog, fen, marshland, mire, moor, morass, muskeg, slough (also slew), swamp, swampland, wash, wetland
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a wide expanse of marsh the marshes along the coast support a remarkable profusion of plants and animalsRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
Officials with Hawaii's Department of Land and Natural Resources transferred about 2,000 rare Hawaiian snails from a mountain marsh to offices in downtown Honolulu. — Jennifer Sinco Kelleher And Audrey Mcavoy, Fox News, "Hurricane Lane floods homes as others take to the waves," 24 Aug. 2018 At Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, there was an American avocet in the marsh across from parking lot 1. — BostonGlobe.com, "bird sightings," 30 June 2018 Areas farthest out received scanty deposition of the finest particles amid brackish tides, becoming grassy wetlands or saline marsh. — Richard Campanella, The Atlantic, "How Humans Sank New Orleans," 6 Feb. 2018 Fjäderholmarna, one of the closest, is just 20 minutes by boat, and Djurgården, aptly dubbed Stockholm’s playground by locals, is filled with idyllic woods, trails, marshes, and wetlands. — Condé Nast Traveler, "The Best Cities in the World: 2018 Readers' Choice Awards," 9 Oct. 2018 As many Floridians know, alligators are usually found in swamps, marshes, lakes, rivers and canals. — Madeleine Marr, miamiherald, "An alligator went for a swim. Then it did something else.," 20 June 2018 Bring your own boat and launch from the Greenhead Landing on the east side of the marsh, west of Mayville. — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Trip tips: What to do, where to eat and where to stay in the Horicon Marsh area," 31 May 2018 Massive amounts of stormwater, loaded with even more nutrients, also got dumped from the north and flattened western marshes that help filter water before entering the Caloosahatchee. — Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald, "Massive and toxic algae bloom threatens Florida coasts with another lost summer," 29 June 2018 And yet remarkable efforts have been made to preserve this small strip of land, including the dredging and piping of sediment from the Mississippi River to build back its southern shore and replanting the disappearing marsh to its north. — Nate Berg, Curbed, "Can engineering save Louisiana’s coastline?," 7 Nov. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'marsh.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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