Definition of marshes Marshes
/mɑˈɹʃʌz/ - [marshuz] -
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What does marshes mean?
Wiktionary 
- marshes (Noun)
Plural of marsh.
Part of speech
🔤- marshes, noun, plural of marsh.
WordNet
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| marsh - low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "the fens of eastern England" | ||
| marshland, fen, fenland | ||
| wetland a low area where the land is saturated with water | ||
| marsh - New Zealand writer of detective stories (1899-1982) | ||
| Ngaio Marsh | ||
| marsh - United States painter (1898-1954) | ||
| Reginald Marsh | ||
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Wiktionary
- marsh (Noun)
An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- marsh (n.)
A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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marsh
Periodically inundated area of low ground having shrubs and trees, with or without the formation of peat.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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marsh
[Anglo-Saxon mersc, a fen]. Low land often under water, and producing aquatic vegetation. Those levels near the sea coast are usually saturated with salt water.
Wikipedia 
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In geography, a marsh is a type of wetland, featuring grasses, rushes, reeds, typhas, sedges, and other herbaceous plants (possibly with low-growing woody plants) in a context of shallow water. A marsh is different from a swamp, which has a greater proportion of open water surface, which is generally deeper than a marsh. In the USA, the term swamp is used for wetland dominated by trees rather than grasses and low herbs.
The water of a marsh can be fresh, brackish or saline. Coastal marshes may be associated with estuaries and along waterways between coastal barrier islands and the inner coast. Estuarine marshes often are based on soils consisting of sandy bottoms or bay muds.
Marshes are critically important wildlife habitat, often serving as breeding grounds for a wide variety of animal life.
Part of speech
🔤- marsh, noun, singular of marshes.
