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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

peasecod breastplate, peasen, peashooter, peasouper, peat, peat bog, peat moss, peat pot, peat reek, peatland, peaty

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.