fens

noun

plural of fen
as in marshes
spongy land saturated or partially covered with water a day spent trudging through the fens in quest of game birds

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Recent Examples of fens Commoners relied on swamps, fens, forests, and heaths for fuel, gravel, stone, and wood to make tools and to build and repair houses. — Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026 Bogs and fens are areas that accumulate peat – deposits of dead and partly decomposed plant materials that form organic-rich soil. — Jon Sweetman, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fens
  1. marshes
  2. wetlands
  3. swamps
Noun
  • There’s also mix of vegetation and freshwater marshes near the beating heart of the city.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Much of Corona, Flushing, Elmhurst, and East Elmhurst were built on low-lying marshes and meadows along the once four-mile-long Flushing River.
    — Len Maniace, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of marshes
Noun
  • Below the bridge, there's also been work to restore wetlands, adding another layer to the effort to preserve the area surrounding the historic structure.
    — Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Historically, when the Yangtze flooded, water spread into surrounding floodplains, lakes and wetlands.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of wetlands
Noun
  • But bad ideas are like those Hollywood horror movies in which monsters always reemerge from the swamps to terrorize us again.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • This member of the Colubridae family of snakes is found in mangrove swamps and tropical lowland forests from the Malay Peninsula to the Philippines.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of swamps

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