Morass
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /məˈɹæs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Morass is a noun meaning A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
Meaning
A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
More Meanings
- (figurative) Anything that entraps or makes progress difficult.
Example Sentences
I wrote to Sacramento about that historical marker, and they've been kicking it around their bureaucratic morass for months.
Seven miles to the north of Venice, the banks of sand, which near the city rise little above low-water mark, attain by degrees a higher level, and knit themselves at last into fields of salt morass, raised here and there into shapeless mounds, and intercepted by narrow creeks of sea.
Word Forms
- morasses
Synonyms for morass
Depending on context, synonyms include quagmire, mire.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include quagmire, mire, marshland, bog, swamp, dam.
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