marsh

English Thesaurus

1. low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water (noun.object)

hypernym	:	wetland,
definition	:	a low area where the land is saturated with water (noun.object)

hyponym	:	salt marsh,
definition	:	low-lying wet land that is frequently flooded with saltwater (noun.object)

2. New Zealand writer of detective stories (1899-1982) (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	author, writer,
definition	:	writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) (noun.person)

3. United States painter (1898-1954) (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	painter,
definition	:	an artist who paints (noun.person)

4. low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water (noun.object)

derivation	:	boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged,
definition	:	(of soil) soft and watery (adj.all)

derivation	:	boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged,
definition	:	(of soil) soft and watery (adj.all)