Definition of MARSH

marsh

Plural: marshes

Noun

  • A tract of low, wet, soft land, often treeless.
  • low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water
    • "thousands of acres of marshland"
  • United States painter (1898-1954)
  • New Zealand writer of detective stories (1899-1982)
  • An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants. (Compare swamp, bog, fen.)

Examples

  • He played MARSH, creating a small wetland of letters on the triple word score.
  • Many animals live in the marsh.

Origin / 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

fen, fenland, marshland, Ngaio Marsh, Reginald Marsh

Scrabble Score: 10

marsh: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
marsh: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
marsh: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

marsh: valid Words With Friends Word