marsh

Everyday

1. A marsh is low, flat land that is wet and soft most of the time, often with tall grasses and reeds. tree →
2. A kind of wetland home to birds, frogs and insects. tree →

In the lessons

Used in geography and science (wetland habitats), stories and nature walks. Phrases: «salt marsh», «marsh birds», «marsh gas». Safety: marshes can be boggy and dangerous; stay on paths.

Examples

• Herons hunt for frogs in the marsh. tree →
• The salt marsh floods at high tide. tree →
• We walked along the boardwalk across the marsh. tree →
• Reeds grow tall in the marsh. tree →
• Don't stray off the path in the marsh — it's boggy. tree →
• Marshes help protect the coast from floods. tree →
• Then some frogs began to croak in the marsh. tree →

Note

Plural: marshes. Adjective: marshy. Similar: swamp (wetland with trees), bog, fen. Not the same as «marshmallow», though the plant marsh mallow grows in marshes.

In Jewish tradition

Ezekiel's vision has a river from the Temple that heals the Dead Sea, but the marshes stay salty. Tradition reads this as a sign that some places are left for salt. In the primary lessons: Used in geography and science (wetland habitats), stories and nature walks. Phrases: «salt marsh», «marsh birds», «marsh gas». Safety: marshes can be boggy and dangerous; stay on paths.

Examples

• But the miry places thereof, and the marshes thereof, shall not be healed; they shall be given for salt. (Prophets EZK.47.11, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Plural: marshes. Adjective: marshy. Similar: swamp (wetland with trees), bog, fen. Not the same as «marshmallow», though the plant marsh mallow grows in marshes.