Morass

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An area of low-lying, soggy ground.
  • n. Something that hinders, engulfs, or overwhelms: a morass of details.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
  • n. Anything that entraps or makes progress difficult.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A tract of low, soft, wet ground the drainage of which is insufficient either from its depressed situation or from its uniform flatness; a marsh; a swamp; a bog; a fen.
  • n. Synonyms Swamp, etc. See marsh.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    peat bog    bog   
    Cross Reference
    morass ore   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    marsh    fen    Mars   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Alsace    Cass    Glass    Grass    Grasse    Jas    Mass    Mass.    Nass    Pass   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    quagmire    bog    mire    swamp    fen    quicksand    lagoon    ravine    undergrowth    Shoreline