marsh
nounUS /mɑɹʃ/ · UK /mɑː(ɹ)ʃ/
Etymology From Middle English merssh, from Old English mersċ, merisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk, derived from *mari, equivalent to mere (“sea, body of water”) + -ish. Doublet of marish, morass, and merse. Cognate with West Frisian mersk, Dutch meers (“grassland, meadow”) and Dutch moeras, German Marsch. More at mere.
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An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants.
- Many animals live in the marsh.
- Čepkeliai Marsh consists mainly of bog.
- Derived terms
77 terms
Bacchus Marsh, Barmby on the Marsh, Berkley Marsh, black marsh turtle, blue marsh hawk, Burgh le Marsh, Canon's Marsh, Dilton Marsh, green marsh hawk, Hardington Marsh, Macquarie Marshes, Malltraeth Marsh, Marsh Baldon, Marsh Barton, marsh beetle, Marsh Benham, marshberry, marshbird, marsh buck, marsh crake, marsh deer, marsh elder, marsh fever, marsh fritillary, marsh gas, marsh gentian, Marsh Gibbon, marsh grass, marsh harrier, marsh hawk, marsh hawksbeard, marsh hen, marsh horsetail, marsh Labrador tea, marshland, marshless, marsh light, marshlike, marsh lynx, marsh-mallow, marsh mallow, marshman, marsh marigold, Marsh Mills, marsh pink, marsh rabbit, marsh rice rat, marsh rosemary, marsh sandpiper, marshscape, marsh shrew, marshside, marsh snake, marsh thistle, marsh tit, marsh treader, marsh trefoil, marsh violet, marsh warbler, marsh willowherb, marshwort, marsh wren, marshy, megamarsh, Moreton-in-Marsh, Netley Marsh, Romney Marsh, rosy marsh moth, salt marsh, salt-marsh caterpillar, salt marsh hay, salt-marsh terrapin, St Mary in the Marsh, St Philip's Marsh, Swan Marsh, Thorpe Marsh, western marsh harrier- Related terms
- marshmallow, slack