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Fen

/fɛn/

A type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline, characteristically alkaline.

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A type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline, characteristically alkaline.

🔄 Synonyms of "Fen"

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Word	Definition
marshlandnoun	Marshy land; bog or fen.
marshnoun	An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants. (Compare swamp, bog, fen, morass.)

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Fen"

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Word	Definition
marshnoun	An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants. (Compare swamp, bog, fen, morass.)
marshlandnoun	Marshy land; bog or fen.
swampnoun	An area of wet (water-saturated), spongy (soft) land, often with trees, generally a rich ecosystem for certain plants and animals but ill-suited for many agricultural purposes. (A type of wetland. Compare marsh, bog, fen.)
bognoun	(UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, slang) A place to defecate: originally specifically a latrine or outhouse but now used for any toilet.
wetlandnoun	(usually in the plural) Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.
swamplandnoun	(countable, uncountable) Low-lying land that is regularly flooded; especially such land that is drier than a bog or a marsh.
bayounoun	A swamp; a marshy (stagnant) body of water.
muskegnoun	(Canada) A terrain composed of peat bog with tussocky meadow and woody vegetation including spruce.
peatlandnoun	Land with peat soil, such as an active or former bog.
peatnoun	Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel.
mirenoun	An undesirable situation; a predicament.
windownoun	An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle.
chim	Alternative form of cheem. [(Singapore, informal) Deep; profound; complex.]
outlinenoun	A general description of some subject.
npsnoun	(US) Initialism of National Park Service.
nfpnoun	Initialism of not-for-profit. [A not-for-profit company or organization.]
finlandnoun	A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe. Official name: Republic of Finland.
fenwaynoun	A neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
maraisnoun	A marsh; a marshy area, one intermittently covered with water, particularly in Louisiana, or in other French-speaking areas.
marshesnoun	—