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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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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
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)
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marsh
(mɑrʃ)n.
a tract of waterlogged soil, typically treeless and covered with emersed rushes, cattails, and other tall grasses.
marsh′like`, adj.
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marsh
(märsh) An area of low-lying wet land, often having an abundance of reeds and rushes.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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) | |
3. | Marsh - New Zealand writer of detective stories (1899-1982) |
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marsh
noun swamp, moss (Scot. & Northern English dialect), bog, slough, fen, quagmire, morass a recently reclaimed saltwater marsh
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adjective paludal
adjective paludal
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marsh
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Translations
سِبْخَةٌمُسْتَنْقَع، سَبْخَه
блатомочурищетресавище
bažina
marskmosesump
lodu
marskimaasuo
močvara
mocsár
mýrimÿri
沼湿原湿地
습지
palus
liūnaspelkėpelkinis
purvs
močvirje
kärrmyr
บึง
đầm lầy
marsh
[mɑːʃ]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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marsh
n → Sumpf m
marsh
:marshland
n → Marschland nt
marshmallow
marsh marigold
n → Sumpfdotterblume f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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marsh
(maːʃ) noun (an area of) soft wet land. The heavy rainfall turned the land into a marsh.
ˈmarshy adjectiveˈmarshiness noun
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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Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009