Meaning of MORASS
| Pronunciation: | | mu'ras
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| | Definition: | | [n] a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot |
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| | Synonyms: | | mire, quagmire |
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| | See Also: | | bog, peat bog | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Mo*rass"\, n. [OE. marras, mareis (perh. through D.
moeras), fr. F. marais, prob. from L. mare sea, in LL., any
body of water; but perh. influenced by some German word. See
{Mere} a lake, and cf. {Marsh}.]
A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen.
{Morass ore}. (Min.) See {Bog ore}, under {Bog}.
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| | Related Terms: | | anarchy, baygall, bind, bog, bottom, bottomland, bottoms, buffalo wallow, chaos, clutch, complication, confusion, crunch, dunghill, embarrassing position, embarrassment, entanglement, everglade, fabulous formless darkness, fen, fenland, fine how-do-you-do, foul-up, glade, hassle, hell to pay, hobble, hog wallow, holm, hot water, how-do-you-do, imbroglio, jam, jungle, knot, labyrinth, license, marais, marish, marsh, marshland, meadow, mere, mesh, mess, mire, misrule, mix, mix-up, moor, moorland, moss, mud, mud flat, muddle, parlous straits, pass, peat bog, pickle, pinch, plight, predicament, pretty pass, pretty pickle, pretty predicament, quag, quagmire, quicksand, salt marsh, scrape, screw-up, skein, slob land, slough, snafu, snarl, sough, spot, squeeze, stew, sticky wicket, strait, straits, sump, swale, swamp, swampland, taiga, tangle, tight spot, tight squeeze, tightrope, tricky spot, unholy mess, view, wallow, wash, web |
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