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carr.

Any marsh; marshy ground, swampland.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/kɑː/Received-Pronunciation/kɑɹ/US
  1. Any marsh; marshy ground, swampland.

  2. In particular, a marsh or fen formed when the litter of decaying reeds (e.g. in a lake) raises the ground level above the water, allowing more vegetation like sedges and then low bushes or trees to grow; a marshy woodland. (Compare marsh, swamp, bog, fen.)

Where this word comes from

From Middle English kerr and Middle English carr meaning meadow, field or grassland of a low lying variety; possibly related to Old Norse kjarr. Compare Swedish kärr, Icelandic kjarr.

noun/kɑː/Received-Pronunciation/kɑɹ/US
  1. Rock.

Where this word comes from

From Northumbrian Old English carr; possibly adopted from a Cumbric *carreg, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”).

noun/kɑː/Received-Pronunciation/kɑɹ/US
  1. Archaic form of car (“wheeled vehicle”).

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