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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This giant salamander lived in the broad freshwater lakes and marshes that covered parts of Kyushu several million years ago.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
Saltwater is beginning to contaminate farmland reclaimed over the past five centuries from the delta marshes.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
A new exhibition has now opened in Porlock museum outlining the 30-year process to create the marshes.
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
He owns Little Pecan, a private island in the Louisiana marshes and a hunting paradise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
When they began to move up through the marshes to the village, the mulefa saw how hard it was for Farder Coram to walk, and at once they offered to carry him.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
