marsh

Definition

  • noun: an area of soft, wet land that has many grasses and other plants
  • noun: a tract of soft wet land usually characterized by monocotyledons (as grasses or cattails)
  • synonyms: fen, swamp, morass

Examples

  • a wet 'marshy' region/habitat

  • a wide expanse of 'marsh'

  • wetlands and 'marshes'

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) There are dead things! Dead faces in the water. All dead. All rotten. Elves and Men and Orcses. A great battle long ago. Dead Marshes. Yes. Yes, that is their name. This way. Don't follow the lights. Careful now! Or Hobbits go down to join the dead ones... (..)
    2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  • (..) A swamp, yes, yes. Come, master. We will take you on safe paths through the mist. Come, Hobbits! Come! We go quickly. I found it. I did. The way through the marshes. Orcs don't use it. Orcs don't know it. They go around for miles and miles. Come quickly. Soft and quick as shadows we must be. (..)
    2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers