ˈmärsh, ˈmȧsh noun
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Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English mersh, from Old English mersc, merisc; akin to Old Frisian & Old Saxon mersk meadowland near water, marsh, Middle Dutch mersch, maersc; derivative from the root of Old English mere sea, pool — more at marine
1. : a tract of soft wet land : fen , swamp , morass ; specifically : such a tract of land often periodically inundated and treeless and usually characterized by grasses, cattails, or other monocotyledons — compare bog , lake , swamp
2. chiefly dialect : a stretch of grassland : meadow