marsh

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water
  2. noun United States painter (1898-1954)
  3. noun New Zealand writer of detective stories (1899-1982)

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.

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Synonyms

marshland, fen, fenland

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