fen

Speech parts

1. fen - Noun

2. fen - Interjection

Meaning

Low land overflowed, or covered wholly or partially with water, but producing sedge, coarse grasses, or other aquatic plants; boggy land; moor; marsh.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

marsh fenland moor slough bog mire quagmire swamp marshland morass wetland bogland peatland delta moss
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Antonyms

highland excellency fame upland eminence due
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Hypernyms

wetland Chinese monetary unit

Hyponyms

salt marsh

Phrases with the word

Fen Drayton coe fen fen tea fen heather tea fen minnow fen puffball

Examples

Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole. Evelyn Waugh

If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you why I think that I can cross it if I try. Marianne Moore

People with yuan fen are destined to like one another; Friendship develops even if a thousand miles apart. But should yuan fen be absent between two individuals, They will remain strangers despite sitting face-to-face. Adeline Yen Mah

Discretion,” said Fen with great complacency, "is my middle name.” "I dare say. But very few people use their middle names. Edmund Crispin

thousands of acres of marshland Source: Internet

the fens of eastern England Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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