1. plural of marsh; areas of low-lying land that are flooded in wet seasons or at high tide, and typically remain waterlogged at all times

Examples

• The salt marshes along the coast provide important habitat for migrating birds.
• We walked carefully through the marshes, trying not to sink into the muddy ground.
• Many rare plants grow in the protected marshes of the nature preserve.
• The developer wanted to drain the marshes to build new houses.
• Frogs and other amphibians thrive in the shallow waters of the marshes.
• The marshes flood completely during the spring rains.