often attributive
: a tract of soft wet land usually characterized by monocotyledons (such as grasses or cattails)
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Examples of marsh in a Sentence
a wide expanse of marsh
the marshes along the coast support a remarkable profusion of plants and animals
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The nature reserve, which consists of a string of marshes and beaches, is a bird-watching hot spot.
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Jeffrey Gettleman, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2024
The school is surrounded by wetlands, marshes and coastal waters.
—Jordan D. Brown, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
Some of the Bronx is rocky and wooded like upstate, and some is oceanfront marsh and beach.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
For many residents, all of whom were forced out when then Iraqi President Saddam Hussein drained the marshes in the 1990s but then returned after 2003, the poor health of the waterways has made life all but impossible.
—Peter Schwartzstein, Foreign Affairs, 7 Apr. 2017
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Jeffrey Gettleman, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2024
The school is surrounded by wetlands, marshes and coastal waters.
—Jordan D. Brown, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
Some of the Bronx is rocky and wooded like upstate, and some is oceanfront marsh and beach.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
For many residents, all of whom were forced out when then Iraqi President Saddam Hussein drained the marshes in the 1990s but then returned after 2003, the poor health of the waterways has made life all but impossible.
—Peter Schwartzstein, Foreign Affairs, 7 Apr. 2017
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“Marsh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marsh. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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marsh
noun
: an area of soft wet land usually overgrown by grasses and sedges
marshy
adjective
ˈmär-shē
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