English noun: marsh | |||
1. | marsh (object) low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water | ||
Samples | Thousands of acres of marshland. The fens of eastern England. | ||
Synonyms | fen, fenland, marshland | ||
Broader (hypernym) | wetland | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | salt marsh | ||
2. | Marsh (person) United States painter (1898-1954) | ||
Synonyms | Reginald Marsh | ||
Instance hypernym | painter | ||
3. | Marsh (person) New Zealand writer of detective stories (1899-1982) | ||
Synonyms | Ngaio Marsh | ||
Instance hypernym | author, writer | ||