Thesaurus results for FEN

fen

noun

ˈfen

Definition of fen

as in marsh

spongy land saturated or partially covered with water a day spent trudging through the fens in quest of game birds

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Recent Examples of fen Out in the wild, the queen-of-the-prairie grows in moist black soil prairies and meadows, fens, seeps and springs. — Sheryl Devore, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025 Saving a satyr The property features a peat-bearing wetland called a fen, and the Mitchell’s satyr is only found in these rare habitats that take thousands of years to develop. — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2024 Earth’s earliest wildfires may have been fitful and erratic, flickering among the amphibious flora of fens and bogs. — Ferris Jabr, The Atlantic, 25 June 2024 Bogs and fens are areas that accumulate peat – deposits of dead and partly decomposed plant materials that form organic-rich soil. — Jon Sweetman, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2022 See All Example Sentences for fen

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Noun

Before the healing process was complete, however, Scotty died in what scientists believe was a salty marsh.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
In Cusk’s first novel after the blockbuster Outline trilogy, a woman invites an artist to stay at her home on a marsh, and things unravel from there.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of marsh

Noun

Napa and East Palo Alto impacts are mostly to natural lands like depressional wetlands, lagoons, and snowy plover habitat, while East Oakland is mainly due to BART and the Oakland Airport.

— Zoe Mintz, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2026
The forum organized by Sachs was meant to be a listening session to determine the future of wetlands and farmland in the Ag Reserve, a huge swath of land west of Florida’s Turnpike.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of wetland

Noun

The rain is expected to stop by kickoff, but not after nearly 24 hours of it, which may have turned the grass surface of Saban Field at Bryant-Denny Stadium into a swamp (it is equipped with quite the advanced draining system).

— Ryan Morik OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026
Del Rey’s husband, Jeremy Dufrene, will even have a bit role as Mud Dog Mike, Back Country Radio’s roving reporter, swamp meteorologist, and airboat captain (which Dufrene is in real life).

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2026