swampland
swampland · swamplands
Sumpfgebiet
Low-lying land that is regularly floodedLow-lying land that is regularly flooded; especially such land that is drier than a bog or a marsh.
» Mr Shrek of the swamplands lived happily in the backwoods until an adventure came knocking at his door.
Sanaseppo · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)Low-lying land that is regularly flooded; especially such land that is drier than a bog or a marsh.
Sumpfgebiet
low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog
(countable)The set of effective low-energy physical theories that are not compatible with quantum gravity.
Examples
1 sentencesMr Shrek of the swamplands lived happily in the backwoods until an adventure came knocking at his door.
Translations
3 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
Low-lying land that is regularly flooded:
Forms
plural: swamplands| Singular | swampland |
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regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog:swamp
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedswamplander
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable