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Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Plural form of fen.
Examples
“The use of winter storage reservoirs in the fens is a win for everyone: The surplus drainage water is pumped from a dyke into the reservoir during the winter months, reducing the amount that has to be pumped out to sea by the drainage boards, and is then stored for use in the drier times of water shortage.”
“Those British writers didn't italicise "fens" because I didn't understand what a fen was.”
“Hunter uses the word "fens" in another lyric, which seems to lend support to the identification of "Fennario" as a district of marshy lands; namely, in the "Ivory Wheels/Rosewood Track" lyric of the Terrapin suite:”
“I had already corrected 'rock o' the fens 'to the correct' reek o 'the fens' although Rock o 'the Fens is a good fantasy name!”
“(If Cambridge had not been founded in the fens back in the 1300s, would you think of putting a university there?) 1200s.”
“(If Cambridge had not been founded in the fens back in the 1300s, would you think of putting a university there?)”
“In some such mood I came along a lean, pale road south of the fens, and found myself in a large, quiet, and seemingly forgotten village.”
“Then he was struggling to cover his costs with the returns offered by a world global market saturated with the subsidized output of farmers from as far afield as the Midwest plains of the U.S., the fens of Lincolnshire in the U.K. and the giant paddocks of Western Australia.”
“The area includes parts of the largest contiguous aspen forest in the US and biologically unique fens.”
The Washington Post: Rep. Salazar Stands Up for West Slope Ranchers, Local Communities
“We were meeting out in the wilds of the fens again, and this time – and I have no idea how it happened – I managed to get lost en route.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘fens’.
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theastic's Words
cellar, stalemate, wrought, opal, tyrant, squelch, squab, linen, tartan, paisley, scope, siren and 395 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (F)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
faery, fairy cross, fairy ring, falcon, fare-thee-well, farewell-summer, farthing, faun, fawn, felicitous, felicity, fencing and 109 more...
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my words
interminable, effete, convocation, philistines, malaise, foibles, deputation, anathematized, morass, stalwart, proselytize, abet and 405 more...
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