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Meaning of 'fen' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Fen [ n.]
- Low land overflowed, or covered wholly or partially with water, but producing sedge, coarse grasses, or other aquatic plants; boggy land; moor; marsh.

Meaning of 'fen' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . fen [ n]
Meaning (1):
- low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water
Example in sentence:
  • the fens of eastern England;
  • thousands of acres of marshland

Nearby Words:

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