marsh

3 definitions • 4 examples

ground near a lake, a river, or the sea that often floods and is always wet:

At the mouth of the river is a large area of marsh.

Rain had been falling steadily all day and the ground had become a marsh.

a large area of marsh:

At low tide in the estuary, cows graze on the marshes.

an area of low, wet land, usually covered with tall grasses:

[ C ] The marshes along the coast are home to many shorebirds.