carr
Any marsh; marshy ground, swamplandAny marsh; marshy ground, swampland.
» Carrà uses linking expressions.
Значение
значений: 3Any marsh; marshy ground, swampland.
In particular, a marsh or fen formed when the litter of decaying reeds (e.g. in a lake) raises the ground level above the water, allowing more vegetation like sedges and then low bushes or trees to grow; a marshy woodland. (Compare marsh, swamp, bog, fen.)
Rock.
Примеры
предложений: 5Carrà uses linking expressions.
Carrà promotes the band.
Carrà doesn't get his irony.
Carrà doesn't get her irony.
The Maison Carrée in Nîmes is one of the best preserved Roman temples.
Происхождение
From Middle English kerr and Middle English carr meaning meadow, field or grassland of a lFrom Middle English kerr and Middle English carr meaning meadow, field or grassland of a low lying variety; possibly related to Old Norse kjarr. Compare Swedish kärr, Icelandic kjarr.
From Northumbrian Old English carr; possibly adopted from a Cumbric *carreg, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”).
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