marsh
UK/mɑːʃ//mɑɹʃ/
marsh noun: an area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants.
Noun
marsh (plural marshes)
- An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants.
- Many animals live in the marsh.
- Čepkeliai Marsh consists mainly of bog.
Proper noun capitalized: Marsh
Marsh
- A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living by a marsh.
- A hamlet in Great and Little Kimble cum Marsh parish, Buckinghamshire, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SP8109).
- A small village in Yarcombe parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST2510).
- A small suburb of Oxenhope, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0235).
- A suburb of Cleckheaton, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1925).
- A western suburb of Huddersfield, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1217).
- A township in Surry County, North Carolina, United States.
- A township in Barnes County, North Dakota, United States.
marsh meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
marsh in Hindi
- marsh, swamp, bog
- अनूप anūp
- marsh
- तराई tarāī
marsh in Tamil
- சதுப்பு நிலம், சதுப்பு, சதுப்புநிலம், சேற்றுப்பூமி
marsh in Urdu
- marsh
- ترائی tarāī
marsh in Bengali
- অনূপ, জলাভূমি, জলা, বিল
More languagesFewer languages
- marsh in Telugu
- పర్ర parra, కచ్ఛము kacchamu
- marsh in Malayalam
- ചതുപ്പ് catuppŭ
- marsh in Kannada
- ಜವುಗು, ಜವಳು, ಹುದಲು, ಹುದಿಲು
- marsh in Assamese
- জলাহ zolah, পিটনি pitoni
- marsh in Tagalog
- lati
- marsh in Arabic
- نَعْصَة naʕṣa, مُسْتَنْقَع mustanqaʕ
- marsh in Malay
- rawa, rawang, paya
- marsh in Indonesian
- paya, rawa, rawa-rawa
- marsh in Persian
- مانداب mândâb, مرداب mordâb, هور howr
- marsh in Vietnamese
- đồng lầy, cánh đồng lầy, vùng đồng lầy
Examples of marsh in a sentence
- Xylic material and organic sediment were deposited in the supratidal marshes.
- The earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia.
- Their hike in the wetlands took them all the way across the marsh but gave them dozens of mosquito bites.
Synonyms of marsh
Forms of marsh
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Origin of marsh
From Middle English mersch, 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.
Words formed from marsh
- 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
- Ljubljana Marsh
- Macquarie Marshes
- Malltraeth Marsh
- Marsh Baldon
- Marsh Barton
- marsh beetle
- Marsh Benham
- marshberry
- marshbird
- marsh buck
- marsh crab
- 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 phlox
- marsh pink
- marsh rabbit
- marsh rice rat
- marsh rosemary
- marsh sandpiper
- marshscape
- marsh shrew
- marshside
- marsh snake
- marsh thistle
- marsh tit
- marsh treader
- marsh trefoil
Phrases with marsh
- Marsh Arab
- marsh hens
- Marsh Lake
- marsh tits
- marsh wren
- salt marsh
- Swan Marsh
- Deans Marsh
- Marsh Arabs
- marsh bucks
- marsh hawks
- marsh pinks
54 more phrasesFewer phrases
- marsh wrens
- Mount Marsh
- Reedy Marsh
- marsh crakes
- marsh elders
- marsh lights
- marsh lynxes
- marsh shrews
- marsh snakes
- marsh violet
- Netley Marsh
- Romney Marsh
- Thorpe Marsh
- Jackeys Marsh
- marsh beetles
- marsh grasses
- marsh mallows
- marsh rabbits
- marsh violets
- marsh warbler
- Turners Marsh
- marsh gentians
- marsh harriers
- marsh thistles
- marsh treaders
- marsh trefoils
- marsh warblers
- salt marsh hay
- Connellys Marsh
- marsh andromeda
- marsh marigolds
- marsh rice rats
- rosy marsh moth
- salt marsh hays
- salt marsh moth
- blue marsh hawks
- marsh horsetails
- marsh sandpipers
- marsh willowherb
- rosy marsh moths
- salt marsh elder
- salt marsh moths
- green marsh hawks
- St Philip's Marsh
- marsh fritillaries
- black marsh turtles
- Lower Turners Marsh
- St Mary in the Marsh
- western marsh harrier
- long-billed marsh wren
- western marsh harriers
- short-billed marsh wren
- short-billed marsh wrens
- Great and Little Kimble cum Marsh
Words that rhyme with marsh
Questions about marsh
- What does marsh mean?
- Marsh means an area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants.
- What is marsh in Hindi?
- Marsh in Hindi is अनूप (anūp), तराई (tarāī). See Marsh meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is marsh?
- Marsh can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce marsh?
- Marsh is pronounced /mɑːʃ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of marsh?
- The plural of marsh is marshes.
Words near marsh in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: marsh (page history and authors); Marsh (page history and authors); अनूप (Hindi) (page history and authors); marsh (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ترائی (Urdu) (page history and authors); marsh (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); కచ్ఛము (Telugu) (page history and authors); marsh (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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