Fen

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Low, flat, swampy land; a bog or marsh.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline.
  • n. A plural form of fan used by enthusiasts of science fiction, fantasy, and anime, partly from whimsy and partly to distinguish themselves from fans of sport, etc.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Low land overflowed, or covered wholly or partially with water, but producing sedge, coarse grasses, or other aquatic plants; boggy land; moor; marsh.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Low land covered wholly or partially with water, but producing sedge, coarse grasses, or other aquatic plants; boggy land; a bog; a marsh: as, the bogs in Ireland, or the fens in Lincolnshire, Kent, and Cambridgeshire, England.
  • n. Mud; mire.
  • n. A disease affecting hops, caused by a quick-growing moss or mold. Imp. Dict.
  • To forbid: same as fend : used in this form by boys in marbles and other games, in an exclamatory way, to check or block, according to understood rules, some move of an opposing player.
  • n. A section in the work of the Arabic physician Avicenna, called the Canon.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water
  • n. 100 fen equal 1 yuan in China
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    wetland    everglade    marsh    bog    swamp   
    Form
    fenlike    fennish   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    moor    marsh   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Adrienne    Amen    Ben    Cayenne    Chen    Cheyenne    Den    Gen    Glen    Glenn   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    morass    bog    marsh    wetlands    farmland    grassland    marshland    lagoon    moorland    estuary