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marsh

noun
/mɑɹʃ/US/mɑː(ɹ)ʃ/UK/mæʃ/

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.

  1. inherited from *marisk✻
  2. inherited from mersċ
  3. inherited from merssh

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living by a marsh.

  3. A number of places in England

    A number of places in England:

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A township in Surry County, North Carolina, United States.

    2. A township in Barnes County, North Dakota, United States.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for marsh. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA