Phrase Hound found 111 phrases and 36 compound words that contain swamp. The most common are listed below. Open swamp in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 111
- drain the swampTo eliminate the root causes of problems, especially to rid politics and government of evils, such as corruption and bureaucracy.
- swamp white oakThe tree Quercus bicolor.
- swamp lilyAny of various species of plants with showy flowers growing in wet habitats
- draining the swamppresent participle and gerund of drain the swamp
- food swampAn urban environment with few grocery stores but several nonnutritious food options such as corner stores or fast-food restaurants.
- swamp angelA mosquito.
- swamp beaconAn inedible mushroom of species Mitrula paludosa, commonly found in swamps and bogs across parts of North America and Europe.
- swamp cancerSynonym of pythiosis: Infection by the mold Pythium insidiosum.
- swamp gasGases emitted from a swamp.
- swamp gumAny of various species of Eucalyptus native to Australia.
- Emu SwampA locality in the Cabonne council area and the Orange council area, central New South Wales, Australia.
- Great Black SwampA former swamp area located in the northeast of the U.S. state of Ohio, extending southwest from the western end of the southern coast of Lake Erie, to the east of Toledo. It was drained in the 19th century to create farmland.
- fever swampAn area of stagnant water and hot temperatures that acts as a breeding ground for disease vectors such as mosquitos.
- Brittons SwampA locality in Circular Head Council, north western Tasmania, Australia.
- Maeotian SwampA name applied in antiquity variously to the swamps at the mouth of the Tanais River in Scythia in modern Russia and to the entire Sea of Azov which it forms there.
- swamp coolerSynonym of evaporative cooler: An evaporative cooling device; a device that cools air by blowing it through or across a moist pad or membrane.
- Asian swamp eelAn air-breathing species of fish (Monopterus albus) found in East and Southeast Asia.
- swamp chestnut oakQuercus michauxii, native to piedmont and lowlands from New Jersey to northern Florida, Texas, and southern Indiana.
- swamp tupeloA type of wetland tree of species Nyssa biflora, native to the eastern United States.
- swamp harrierThe spotted harrier, Circus assimilis.
- swamp antechinusA small shrew-like marsupial, Antechinus minimus, native to Tasmania and small areas of southern mainland Australia.
- data swampA poorly managed data lake.
- swamp angelsplural of swamp angel: A mosquito.
- swamp bluesA genre of blues influenced by Cajun and Creole music and associated with Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
- swamp boatAn airboat.
Compound words 36
- swampySoggy and marshy; wet like a swamp.
- swamperA person who lives in a swampy area.
- swamphenAny of several species of bird in the genus Porphyrio of the family Rallidae.
- swampbillya poor, uneducated person from rural swampland areas
- swampweedAny weed that is found in, or commonly grows in, a swamp.
- swamplikeResembling or characteristic of a swamp.
- backswampThe section of a floodplain where deposits of fine silt and clay settle after a flood.
- palaeoswampAlternative form of paleoswamp: A swamp that existed in the distant past.
- paleoswampA swamp that existed in the distant past.
- peatswampAn area of waterlogged soil in which the decomposed vegetation has become peat.