English Explanatory Dictionary

marsh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants.
name
  1. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living by a marsh.
  2. A number of places in England:
  3. A hamlet in Great and Little Kimble cum Marsh parish, Buckinghamshire, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SP8109).
  4. A small village in Yarcombe parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST2510).
  5. A small suburb of Oxenhope, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0235).
  6. A suburb of Cleckheaton, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1925).
  7. A western suburb of Huddersfield, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1217).
  8. A township in Surry County, North Carolina, United States.
  9. A township in Barnes County, North Dakota, United States.

Pronunciation

/mɑɹʃ/ /mɑː(ɹ)ʃ/ /mæʃ/ en-us-marsh.ogg

Word forms

marsh marshes

Etymology

From Middle English merssh, from Old English mersċ, merisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk, derived from *mari, equivalent to mere (“sea, body of water”) + -ish. Doublet of marish, morass, and merse. Cognate with West Frisian mersk, Dutch meers (“grassland, meadow”) and Dutch moeras, German Marsch. More at mere.

Synonyms

marshland

Related words

marshmallow slack

Derived words

Bacchus Marsh Barmby on the Marsh Berkley Marsh black marsh turtle blue marsh hawk Burgh le Marsh Canon's Marsh Dilton Marsh green marsh hawk Hardington Marsh Macquarie Marshes Malltraeth Marsh Marsh Baldon Marsh Barton marsh beetle Marsh Benham marshberry marshbird marsh buck marsh crake marsh deer marsh elder marsh fever marsh fritillary marsh gas marsh gentian Marsh Gibbon marsh grass marsh harrier marsh hawk marsh hawksbeard marsh hen marsh horsetail marsh Labrador tea marshland marshless marsh light marshlike marsh lynx marsh mallow marsh-mallow marshman marsh marigold Marsh Mills marsh pink marsh rabbit marsh rice rat marsh rosemary marsh sandpiper marshscape marsh shrew marshside marsh snake marsh thistle marsh tit marsh treader marsh violet marsh warbler marsh willowherb marshwort
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