morass (redirected from morasses)

mo·rass  (m-rs, mô-)

n.

1. An area of low-lying, soggy ground.

2. Something that hinders, engulfs, or overwhelms: a morass of details.

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[Dutch moeras, from Middle Dutch maras, from Old French mareis, probably of Germanic origin; see mori- in Indo-European roots.]

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morass

Noun

1. a tract of swampy low-lying land

2. a disordered, confusing, or muddled state of affairs [Old French marais marsh]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

morass - a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot mire, quag, quagmire, slack bog, peat bog - wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel

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morass

noun 1. mess, confusion, chaos, jam (informal) tangle, mix-up, muddle, quagmire

noun 2. marsh, swamp, bog, slough, fen, moss Scot., Northern English (dialect) quagmire, marshland, muskeg Canad.

Translations

morass [məˈræs] n → pantano

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morass [məˈræs] n → marais m, marécage m

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morass [məˈræs] n → Morast m, Sumpf m, Sumpf m (also fig)

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morass [məˈræs] n → palude f; pantano

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morass

n morass [məˈrӕs]

a bog or swamp. moeras مُسْتَنْقَع، أرْض سَبْخَه тресавище močál morads der Morast βάλτος ciénaga mädasoo مرداب räme marécage בִּיצָה दलदल bara, močvara mocsár rawa mÿrlendi, fen palude 低湿地 습지, 늪지 liūnas, klampynė purvs; slīkšņa paya gambut moeras myr, sump bagno pântano mlaş­tină болото; трясина močiar močvirje baruština moras, träsk หล่ม bataklık 沼澤 болото, трясовина پھندا، دلدل đầm lầy; bãi lầy 沼泽