SWAMP

(WET LAND) [noun] - (an area of) very wet soft landa peat swamp [C]a mangrove swamp [C]an alligator-infested swamp [C]The Everglades are an area of swamp in southern Florida. [U]Most coal-fields began life as swamps about 300 million years ago. [C]The ground is like a swamp after all that rain. [C]