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| Main Entry: | marshland |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swamp |
| Synonyms: | bog, fen, glade, marsh, mire, moor, morass, mud, muskeg, quag, quagmire, slough, swampland, bottoms, everglade, holm, peat bog, polder, swale, wetland |
| Main Entry: | bog |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swamp |
| Synonyms: | fen, marsh, mire, morass, moss, quagmire, lowland, marshland, peat, quag, slough, sump, wetlands |
| Main Entry: | swamp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wet land covered with vegetation |
| Synonyms: | bog, fen, glade, marsh, mire, moor, morass, mud, quagmire, bottoms, everglade, holm, marshland, muskeg, peat bog, polder, quag, slough, swale, swampland |
| Main Entry: | quagmire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bog |
| Synonyms: | fen, marsh, mire, morass, moss, swamp, marshland, quag, quicksand, slough |
| Main Entry: | waste |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | land that is uncultivated |
| Synonyms: | barren, bog, brush, bush, desert, fen, jungle, marsh, moor, quagmire, solitude, swamp, tundra, void, wasteland, wild, wilderness, badlands, brushland, dust bowl, marshland, wilds |
| Notes: | wastage is loss through use such as wear, leakage, or decay; the gradual process of wasting; or an amount that is wasted -- while waste is loss through carelessness, inefficiency, or ignorance or another word for garbage or rubbish |
| Antonyms: | development |
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