cranberry bog

noun

a bog in which cranberry plants are cultivated.

Origin of cranberry bog

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10

Words nearby cranberry bog

crampton test, cran, cranach, cranage, cranberry, cranberry bog, cranberry bush, cranberry glass, cranberry gourd, cranberry tree, cranborne money

Example sentences from the Web for cranberry bog

  • There was not a mill, nor a reservoir, nor a cranberry-bog, on all its course of a short mile.

    Fisherman's Luck |Henry van Dyke

  • It makes no difference to him at what hour he returns,—from oystering or from the cranberry-bog.

    By The Sea |Heman White Chaplin