MARSHLAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does marshland mean? 

• MARSHLAND (noun)
  The noun MARSHLAND has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MARSHLAND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARSHLAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

fen; fenland; marsh; marshland

Context example:

the fens of eastern England

Hypernyms ("marshland" is a kind of...):

wetland (a low area where the land is saturated with water)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "marshland"):

salt marsh (low-lying wet land that is frequently flooded with saltwater)

 Context examples 

At the time that the giant dinosaur would have lived, the area — located near the town of Cognac — would have been a marshland.

(140 Million-Year-Old Dinosaur’s Huge Bone Found in Southwest France, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

For two hours they marched through forest and marshland, along the left bank of the river Aveyron; Sir Nigel riding behind his Company, with Alleyne at his right hand, and Johnston, the old master bowman, walking by his left stirrup.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)