often attributive
: a tract of soft wet land usually characterized by monocotyledons (such as grasses or cattails)
Examples of marsh in a Sentence
a wide expanse of marsh
the marshes along the coast support a remarkable profusion of plants and animals
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Many of the belts with these spoons attached to the ends were found in a marsh in Denmark called Illerup Ådal, along with thousands of other weapons and pieces of military equipment.
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Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
Moreover, after the fire died, researchers at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories found high concentrations of toxic heavy metals in the nearby mudflats and marshes.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2025
Generally, the rich networks of plant life on Earth — from California’s coastal scrublands and marshes to the Amazon rainforest to the Sahara Desert — sequester carbon away from the atmosphere in their limbs, trunks and leaves.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025
During the sixth century, France’s Merovingian kings looked from the island across what were still marshes and fields on the Left Bank toward the Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
—Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
Moreover, after the fire died, researchers at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories found high concentrations of toxic heavy metals in the nearby mudflats and marshes.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2025
Generally, the rich networks of plant life on Earth — from California’s coastal scrublands and marshes to the Amazon rainforest to the Sahara Desert — sequester carbon away from the atmosphere in their limbs, trunks and leaves.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025
During the sixth century, France’s Merovingian kings looked from the island across what were still marshes and fields on the Left Bank toward the Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
—Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for marsh
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“Marsh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marsh. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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marsh
noun
: an area of soft wet land usually overgrown by grasses and sedges
marshy
adjective
ˈmär-shē
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