Recent Examples on the WebNick’s Lagoon — a pond-shaped salt marsh the size of a football field that spills in and out of Hood Canal with the ebb of the tides — is far from pristine wilderness. Evan Bush, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2022 The project has been rolled out across the state, strategically placing oyster reefs, mangroves, salt marsh, terracing techniques and retaining walls to stabilize the coastline. Lucy Sherriff, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2022 There's green and stubby salt marsh samphire, similar to the plant often found as a kitchen ingredient. Barry Neild, CNN, 4 Aug. 2022 Driessen Beach Park, on the island's southern end, is a good bet for filling your shell bucket and is reached via a long boardwalk over a salt marsh. Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2022 This waterfront two-bedroom house (from $249) is located on KVI Beach, a private strand with public access on Vashon Island and home to the largest remaining salt marsh in central Puget Sound. Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 15 June 2021 Over the years, settlement and development have gradually threatened to convert the parish’s dry land into a salt marsh. Reid Singer, Outside Online, 15 May 2021 Shattuck, in his early 30s and living alone by a salt marsh on the southern coast of Massachusetts, is feeling lost and haunted by bad dreams following a bad breakup and an accident that cost him a fingertip on his left (drawing) hand. Heller Mcalpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Apr. 2022 The terrain on the flats alternated between salt marsh, where his feet sank with each step, and salt stalagmites, which rose between 6 inches and 2 feet.Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2022 See More
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above