Marsh

Definitions

1. An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants. (Compare swamp, bog, fen, morass.)
2. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living by a marsh.
3. A number of places in England:
4. A hamlet in Great and Little Kimble cum Marsh parish, Buckinghamshire, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SP8109).
5. A small village in Yarcombe parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST2510).
6. A small suburb of Oxenhope, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0235).
7. A suburb of Cleckheaton, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1925).
8. A western suburb of Huddersfield, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1217).
9. A township in Surry County, North Carolina, United States.
10. A township in Barnes County, North Dakota, United States.

Equivalents

Examples

“Many animals live⟳ in the marsh.”

“Čepkeliai Marsh consists mainly of bog.”

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