Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fever-swamp

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.69 in modern English

Syllables: fever-swamp
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of fever swamp.

noun

Alternative form of fever swamp.

noun

Alternative form of fever swamp.

Example Sentences

"Think of it as the Martian equivalent of the Fountain of Youth, which that grizzled and gullible old soldier-of-fortune, Ponce de Leon, once searched for in the fever-swamps of Florida, and you will not be far off the mark."
"It was so hot in this fever-swamp that his water requirements would be prodigious."
"And now we were fairly on the bosom of the 'mighty' Mississippi, that largest, and ugliest, and most tremendous of rivers ; tremendous through the force of its resistless currents, and the fever-swamps that spread their noxious vapours over its surface."
"The community has been the focus of the fever-swamp for years, with pundits insisting it's a terrorist training camp."
"Among those caught up in the fever-swamp was Karl Rove, the architect of George W. Bush's two White House wins."

Inflected Forms

fever-swamps (plural)

Questions

What does fever-swamp mean?: Alternative form of fever swamp.

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