Synonyms for
Carr
Definition
a low, boggy area of land; a marsh or swamp
Synonyms & similar words
Synonyms by register
Antonyms
Common collocations
- deep carr
- wet carr
- marshy carr
- treacherous carr
- walking through carr
- the carr stretched
- across the carr
Word family
noun carr
Usage note
Carr is a less common word, primarily used in British English, to refer to a bog or marshy ground. It is often found in place names.
Example sentences
- The ducklings swam in the carr.
- The carr was full of tall grass.
- We had to walk around the carr to get to the other side of the field.
- The carr was home to many different kinds of insects.
- The marshy carr made it difficult to build a house on that land.
Quotes
I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the Milky Way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company: I gazed - and gazed - but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought: For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils.
The autumn leaves blew over the moonlit pavement in such a way as to make the girl who was moving there seem fixed to a sliding walk, letting the motion of the wind and the leaves carry her forward. [...]
He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.