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fenland

[fen-land, -luhnd]

noun

  1. a low area of marshy ground.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of fenland1

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Example Sentences

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Now there are hopes the corncrake can stage a comeback in England, after being reintroduced to the fenlands of Norfolk.

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The bare expanses of prairies, fenlands, wheatfields and marshes can seem boring, bleak, even frightening.

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To this day, Bernadette's body had still not been found, despite extensive searches in garages and fenland fields.

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It is 20 years since Kent Wildlife Trust released the first pair of beavers into a fenced area of fenland in the county in 2001.

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“I spent so much time rooting around with him in the garden,” she says of her childhood in the fenlands around Cambridge.

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