Plural of swamp

Forms of swamp

Swamps in a sentence

• The vast swamps of Southern Ontario proved a grim nightmare to the construction gangs.1954 February, Trevor Holloway, “Canada's Transcontinental Routes”, in Railway Magazine, page 128
• Cyperus are natives of tropical swamps, so it's virtually impossible to overwater them.2018 May 9, Rebecca Straus, Dabney Frake, “7 Houseplants You Can’t Kill by Overwatering”, in Apartment Therapy, archived from the original…. From the entry overwater
• The Chinese swamp cypress is deciduous, and it occurs naturally only on riverbanks and in swamps.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 99. From the entry Chinese swamp cypress
• Outside the city, in the swamps, blacks and Indians lived in marronage.2008, Ned Sublette, The World That Made New Orleans, Lawrence Hill Books, published 2009, page 84. From the entry maroonage
• They passed alder swamps and bamboo groves and pale green reindeer moss.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 870. From the entry reindeer moss

Meaning of swamp

1. noun An area of wet (water-saturated), spongy (soft) land, often with trees, generally a rich ecosystem for certain plants and animals but ill-suited for many agricultural purposes. (A type of wetland. Compare marsh, bog, fen.).
2. noun A place or situation that is foul or where progress is difficult.
3. noun The alleged corruption, cronyism, inefficiency, and entrenched interests in the federal government, especially in Washington, DC.

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Questions about the plural of swamp

What is the plural of swamp?

The plural of swamp is swamps.

Is swamp countable?

Swamp is a countable noun.