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Definition of Swampland
1. Noun. Low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog.
Specialized synonyms: Everglades, Okefenokee Swamp
Specialized synonyms: Slough
Generic synonyms: Wetland
Derivative terms: Swamp, Swampy
Definition of Swampland
1. Noun. (countable uncountable) Low-lying land that is regularly flooded; especially such land that is drier than a bog or a marsh. ¹
2. Noun. (physics) The set of all possible string theories. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swampland
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swampland
Literary usage of Swampland
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Service and Sport on the Tropical Nile: Some Records of the Duties and by Clement Arthur Sykes (1903)
"... CHAPTER III A PLUNGE INTO swampland Myself were mudded in that oozy bed. Act V.
Scene i, Tempest. THEN happened to me what happens to all soldiers in ..."
2. A History of Muhlenberg County by Otto Arthur Rothert (1913)
"When this has been accomplished and the cypress and other swampland trees have
been cleared away, then, as Harry M. Dean, of Greenville (who spent his ..."
3. The Statutes at Large, the United States from by United States, United States Dept. of State (1886)
"claims. DEMNITY : For salaries and expenses of agents employed in adjusting
Swamp-land SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS! FOE swampland AND SWAMP-LAND £N ..."
4. Workshop on Research Priorities in Tidal Swamp Rice by International Rice Research Institute (1984)
"Third national symposium tidal swampland development Indonesia, proceedings. pp.
... The productivity of tidal swampland in South Sumatra [in Indonesia, ..."
5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1890)
"... to administer the swampland grant. as subject to periodical overflow can be
cultivated and crops raised thereon, as returned by the deputy. ..."
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