meres
Shallow standing waters
Meres is the plural of mere, a literary or archaic word for a lake or pond: the meres and marshes of East Anglia.
The word survives mainly in British place names and poetic contexts.
It shares roots with words for sea and marsh across Germanic languages.
Small still body
- tarnGlacial mountain pool
- poolCollective fund or basin
- lochScottish lake or inlet
- lagoonSheltered coastal shallows
waterbody · freshwater · shoreline · reeds · waterfowl · fishery · boating · depths
Grassy waterlogged lowland
- bogAcidic peat wetland
- fenLow marshy ground
- swampWaterlogged land with vegetation
- moorUncultivated peaty upland
peatland · reedbed · mire · slough · sedge · hydric · waterlogged · quagmire
Fixed limits between areas
- limitsImposed maximum points
- bordersLines separating regions
- divisionsSeparate portions of something
- partitionsBarriers dividing a space
markers · landmarks · confines · bounds · perimeters · territory · edges
Complete lack of motion
mirror-like · peaceful · undisturbed · quiet · reflective · smooth · unruffled · idyllic
pond
Small still body
lagoon · waterbody · freshwater · shoreline · reeds · waterfowl · fishery · boating · depths · inland
marsh
Grassy waterlogged lowland
moor · peatland · reedbed · mire · slough · sedge · hydric · waterlogged · quagmire · moorland
demarcations
Fixed limits between areas
partitions · markers · landmarks · confines · bounds · perimeters · territory · edges
stillness
Complete lack of motion
glassy · mirror-like · peaceful · undisturbed · quiet · reflective · smooth · unruffled · idyllic · restful
meresdeserts
Abandons or barren lands
drylands · arid lands · wastelands · barrens · highlands
- mere mortalRegular person, not godlike
- mere formality
- mere shadow
- mere speck
- mere words
- mere existence