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marsh
\ˈmärsh, ˈmȧsh\ noun
(-es)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English mersh, from Old English mersc, merisc; akin to Old Frisian & Old Saxon mersk meadowland near water, marsh, Middle Dutch mersch, maersc; derivative from the root of Old English mere sea, pool — more at marine
1. : a tract of soft wet land : fen, swamp, morass; specifically : such a tract of land often periodically inundated and treeless and usually characterized by grasses, cattails, or other monocotyledons — compare bog, lake, swamp
2. chiefly dialect : a stretch of grassland : meadow |