marsh

noun, often attributive \ ˈmärsh \

Updated on: 16 Apr 2018

Definition of marsh

: a tract of soft wet land usually characterized by monocotyledons (such as grasses or cattails)

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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 of marsh from the Web

That means less sediment to restore marshes and shore-up the sloped seafloor along the Louisiana coast.

— tristan baurick, NOLA.com, "Like the Louisiana coast, the Gulf seafloor is rapidly eroding, research finds," 5 Apr. 2018
On a three-hour trash collection with volunteers and municipal workers, plastics were cleared from a small strip of beachfront on the edge of the marsh — including 3,476 plastic bottles and 549 plastic bags.

— Washington Post, "Under the sea: Fighting Greece’s plastic trash problem," 5 Apr. 2018
On a three-hour trash collection with volunteers and municipal workers, plastics were cleared from a small strip of beachfront on the edge of the marsh — including 3,476 plastic bottles and 549 plastic bags.

— Fox News, "Under the sea: Fighting Greece's plastic trash problem," 5 Apr. 2018
Explore the Cuyahoga Valley National Park beaver marsh and Bath Road heronry 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 7.

— joan rusek, cleveland.com, "Andrea Thome to speak at author's luncheon: Valley Views," 1 Apr. 2018
One hundred and seventy-one thousand years ago, grasslands and marshes surrounded the shore of a lake here, according to lake sediments and pollen analysis.

— kiona n. smith, Ars Technica, "Neanderthals used fire to make tools," 5 Feb. 2018
Together with Gore, Sitka has since developed several Optifade patterns, each specialized for a different type of hunting, based on animal (big game, whitetail, waterfowl) and environment (wooded areas, open spaces, marshes).

— ariella gintzler, Outside Online, "The Camo Wars Behind the Kanye West Lawsuit," 22 Mar. 2018
The changes destroyed nearly all of the shallow water marshes critical for fish and wildlife, Walker says.

— robert f. service, Science | AAAS, "Court finds environmental restoration efforts harmed farmers," 20 Mar. 2018
For thousands of years, the marsh land was a Native American burial ground.

— beth mole, Ars Technica, "This Canadian city is plagued by an obnoxious humming—and it’s getting worse," 20 Feb. 2018

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