marsh
noun
a tract of low wet land, often treeless and periodically inundated, generally characterized by a growth of grasses, sedges, cattails, and rushes.
marshes
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pluralof marsh.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The ancient landscape surrounding the fossil site contained wetlands and marshes that could have provided suitable habitat for an enormous ambush predator.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
It said the initiative would focus on landscapes across Cornwall's coastal grasslands, dunes and heathland as well as grazing marshes and sea walls in Kent and the upland fringe landscape of the North Pennines.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Saltwater is beginning to contaminate farmland reclaimed over the past five centuries from the delta marshes.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
Today, they’re mostly found roaming marshes of the Central Valley, particularly around the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
She even told good scary stories, about haints and spirits, creatures that she said roamed around the South Carolina marshes where we lived.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
