marsh

marsh

 (märsh)

n.

An area of low-lying land that is usually saturated with water and is dominated by herbaceous rather than woody plants.

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[Middle English, from Old English mersc; see mori- in Indo-European roots.]

marsh

(mɑːʃ)

n

(Physical Geography) low poorly drained land that is sometimes flooded and often lies at the edge of lakes, streams, etc. Compare swamp¹

[Old English merisc; related to German Marsch, Dutch marsk; related to mere²]

ˈmarshˌlike adj

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Marsh

(mɑːʃ)

n

1. (Biography) Dame (Edith) Ngaio (ˈnaɪəʊ). 1899–1981, New Zealand crime writer, living in Britain (from 1928). Her many detective novels include Final Curtain (1947) and Last Ditch (1977)

2. (Biography) Rodney (William). born 1947, Australian cricketer: a wicketkeeper, he took 355 dismissals in 96 test matches (1970–84)

marsh

(mɑrʃ)

n.

a tract of waterlogged soil, typically treeless and covered with emersed rushes, cattails, and other tall grasses.

[before 900; Old English mer(i)sc. See mere², -ish¹]

marsh′like`, adj.

marsh

(märsh)

An area of low-lying wet land, often having an abundance of reeds and rushes.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	marsh - low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "the fens of eastern England" fenland, marshland, fen salt marsh - low-lying wet land that is frequently flooded with saltwater wetland - a low area where the land is saturated with water
	2.	Marsh - United States painter (1898-1954) Reginald Marsh
	3.	Marsh - New Zealand writer of detective stories (1899-1982) Ngaio Marsh

marsh

noun swamp, moss (Scot. & Northern English dialect), bog, slough, fen, quagmire, morass a recently reclaimed saltwater marsh

Related words
adjective paludal

marsh

noun

A usually low-lying area of soft waterlogged ground and standing water:

bog, fen, marshland, mire, morass, muskeg, quag, quagmire, slough, swamp, swampland, wetland.

Translations

سِبْخَةٌمُسْتَنْقَع، سَبْخَه

блатомочурищетресавище

bažina

marskmosesump

SumpfMarschMarshmallowMoorBruch

βάλτος

ciénagamarismapantano

lodu

marskimaasuo

maraismarécage

močvara

mocsár

mýrimÿri

paludepantanoacquitrino

沼湿原湿地

습지

palus

liūnaspelkėpelkinis

purvs

moeras

sump

bagno

pântano

болотозыбь

močvirje

kärrmyr

บึง

bataklık

đầm lầy

沼泽湿地

marsh

[mɑːʃ]

A. N → pantano m, ciénaga f; (= salt marsh) → marisma f

B. CPD marsh fever N → paludismo m
marsh gas N → gas m de los pantanos, metano m
marsh marigold N → botón m de oro
marsh warbler N → papamoscas m inv

marsh

[ˈmɑː^rʃ] n → marais m, marécage m

marsh

n → Sumpf m

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marsh

:

marsh gas

n → Methangas nt, → Sumpf- or Grubengas nt

marshland

n → Marschland nt

marshmallow

n (= sweet) → Marshmallow nt; (Bot) → Eibisch m

marsh marigold

n → Sumpfdotterblume f

marsh

[mɑːʃ] n → palude f

marsh

(maːʃ) noun

(an area of) soft wet land. The heavy rainfall turned the land into a marsh. moeras مُسْتَنْقَع، سَبْخَه кал pântano bažina der Sumpf sump βάλτοςciénaga, pantano soo مرداب suo marécage אֵיזוֹר בִּיצוֹת मंगल, दलदल, कच्छ močvara mocsár paya-paya mÿri palude 沼地 습지 pelkė, liūnas purvs paya moerassump, myr moczary ډنډ pântano mocirlă болото močiar močvirje močvara sumpmark, myr, träsk บึง bataklık 沼澤 болото نشیبی مرطوب یا دلدلی زمین đầm lầy 沼泽

ˈmarshy adjective

moerasagtig مُسْتَنْقَعي، سَبْخي кален pantanoso bažinatý sumpfig sumpet βαλτώδης pantanoso, cenagoso soine باتلاقی soinen marécageux בִּיָצִתי दलदली, कच्छ močvaran mocsaras berpaya-paya mÿrlendur paludoso 沼地の 습지의 pelkėtas, pelkinis purvains berpaya moerassigmyrlendt, sumpet bagienny له خټو ډكه ځمكه pantanoso mocirlos болотистый močaristý močvirnat močvaran sumpig, sank ซึ่งเป็นหนองบึง bataklığa ait, batak 沼澤般的 болотяний, болотний دلدلی thuộc đầm lầy 沼泽般的

ˈmarshiness noun

moerasagtig مُسْتَنْقَعِيَّه калност estado pantanoso bažinatost der Sumpf det at være sumpet βαλτώδης επιφάνεια estado pantanoso soisus حالت مردابی soisuus état marécageux בִּיצָתִיוּת दलदली, कच्छ močvarno tlo mocsarasság rawa land sem er mÿrlent l'essere paludoso 沼地性 습지임 pelkėtumas purvainība keadaan berpaya moerassigheid det å være myrlendt bagienność, bagnistość ډنډ اوچټلى estado pantanoso caracter mlăştinos болотистость močaristosť močvirnost močvarnost sumpighet การเป็นหนองบึง bataklılık 沼澤狀 болотистість مرطوبیت tình trạng lầy lội 沼泽状

marsh

→ سِبْخَةٌ bažina marsk Sumpf βάλτος marisma suo marais močvara palude 沼 습지 moeras sump bagno pântano болото myr บึง bataklık đầm lầy 湿地