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Word entry · 5 letters

marsh

Best crossword clue

"Low-lying wetland"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /mɑɹʃ/Part of speech nounSorted ahmrsStarts with MEnds with H2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water

Word origin

From Middle English merssh, from Old English mersċ, merisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk, derived from *mari, equivalent to mere (“sea, body of water”) + -ish. Doublet of marish, morass, and merse. Cognate with West Frisian mersk, Dutch meers (“grassland, meadow”) and Dutch moeras, German Marsch. More at mere.

Used in a sentence

  • Many animals live in the marsh.
  • Čepkeliai Marsh consists mainly of bog.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Low-lying wetland5 letters
02Wetland5 letters

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