fen
1low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
the Fens, a marshy region W and S of The Wash, in E England.
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Other definitions for fen (2 of 2)
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the People's Republic of China, the hundredth part of a yuan or the tenth part of a jiao.
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How to use fen in a sentence
The Daily Pic: Chun Kai fen gives a nod to the projects where Singaporeans live.
Last year a seven-mile-long park opened on the banks of the River fen, which flows through Linfen.
The fen country faintly reminds one of Holland, lying low and dotted here and there with huge windmills.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyIt is a remarkable ruin, rising out of the flat fen country, as someone has said, "like a light-house out of the sea."
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyCrowland is a gray, lonely little town in the midst of the wide fen country.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. Murphy
The season had been unusually dry and favorable to the fen land, as this section is called.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyShortly after, we left the hills and found ourselves again in the fen country.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. Murphy
British Dictionary definitions for fen (1 of 2)
/ (fɛn) /
low-lying flat land that is marshy or artificially drained
Origin of fen
1British Dictionary definitions for fen (2 of 2)
/ (fɛn) /
a monetary unit of the People's Republic of China, worth one hundredth of a yuan
Origin of fen
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