swamp
noun
a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.
swamps
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pluralof swamp.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof swamp (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
swampnouna tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.
Example Sentences
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The world-renowned site features iron carbonate concretions that formed some 309 million years ago, fossilizing within them ancient creatures that had once thrived in the area's lush swamps, shallow seas and river deltas.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Philip is a harvester of periwinkles, but says the sea snails - a delicacy in the Niger Delta - are hard to come by these days in the mangroves and swamps.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
Water was scarce; wetlands and lakes turned into swamps through soil erosion and overuse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
Large parts of the central Congo Basin are difficult to reach, and travel to isolated lakes and swamps often requires boats or traditional pirogues.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 24, 2026
The road to Montgomery led the marchers through cotton fields and scraggly pine thickets, across twisting rivers and creeks and into dark, gloomy swamps where dead trees draped with gray Spanish moss hugged the roadside.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
