Morass
[mə'ræs]
Definition
(n.) A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Marsh, fen, bog, quagmire, swamp, slough.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See MARSH]
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Definition
n. a tract of soft wet ground: a marsh.—adj. Morass′y.—Morass ore bog-iron ore.
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Examples
- In a morass, Watson? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The path from the wood leads to a morass, and from thence to a ford, which, as the rains have abated, may now be passable. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- They were at the morass, and again on the path, and again near where poor Heidegger met his death. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- In some parts it widens into a morass. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He found the ground over which he had to pass cut up with deep ravines, and a morass difficult to cross. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- We will leave this question undecided and hark back to our morass again, for we have left a good deal unexplored. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- There is another morass down yonder, and a narrow neck between. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Thou wilt then keep straight forward--- A broken path--a precipice--a ford, and a morass! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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