peat bog

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noun

a swamp in which peat has accumulated.

Origin of peat bog

First recorded in 1765–75

Words nearby peat bog

pease pudding, peashooter, pea soup, pea-souper, peat, peat bog, peatland, peat moss, peat pot, pea tree, peat reek

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Example sentences from the Web for peat bog

Here a peat-bog has encroached upon a fresh-water lake and has covered a mud bottom strewn with shells of pond-snails and mussels.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe|John M. Tyler
The supply of water is ample, but the water is hard, and has a smack of peat-bog in its flavour.
A Month in Yorkshire|Walter White
The gateway in the outer wall fronted a peat-bog, the shore of which was some ten feet distant.
A Manual of the Antiquity of Man|J. P. MacLean
Fred was off in a moment, and before he had got fifty yards away was floundering knee-deep in a peat-bog.
Freaks on the Fells|R.M. Ballantyne

The field had been reclaimed from the peat-bog, and some of the potatoes had already been dug and put into pits.
Three Times and Out|Nellie L. McClung

Scientific definitions for peat bog

peat bog

See under bog.

单词	peat bog
释义	peat bog SEE SYNONYMS FOR peat bog ON THESAURUS.COM noun a swamp in which peat has accumulated. Origin of peat bog First recorded in 1765–75 Words nearby peat bog pease pudding, peashooter, pea soup, pea-souper, peat, peat bog, peatland, peat moss, peat pot, pea tree, peat reek Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for peat bog Here a peat-bog has encroached upon a fresh-water lake and has covered a mud bottom strewn with shells of pond-snails and mussels. The New Stone Age in Northern Europe\|John M. Tyler The supply of water is ample, but the water is hard, and has a smack of peat-bog in its flavour. A Month in Yorkshire\|Walter White The gateway in the outer wall fronted a peat-bog, the shore of which was some ten feet distant. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man\|J. P. MacLean Fred was off in a moment, and before he had got fifty yards away was floundering knee-deep in a peat-bog. Freaks on the Fells\|R.M. Ballantyne The field had been reclaimed from the peat-bog, and some of the potatoes had already been dug and put into pits. Three Times and Out\|Nellie L. McClung Words related to peat bog mud, marshland, quagmire, morass, bog, glade, fen, mire, moor, marsh, slough, swampland, quag, swale, bottoms, polder, wetland, muskeg, everglade, holm Scientific definitions for peat bog peat bog See under bog. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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peat bog

noun

Origin of peat bog

Words nearby peat bog

Example sentences from the Web for peat bog

Words related to peat bog

Scientific definitions for peat bog