bog

nounswamp

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Synonyms for bog

noun swamp

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fen

noun. marsh

marsh

noun. swamp

marshland

noun. swamp

mire

noun. muck, morass

moss

noun. flowerless plant

muskeg

noun. swamp

quag

noun. swamp

Word Origin & History

c.1500, from Gaelic and Irish bogach "bog," from adjective bog "soft, moist," from PIE *bhugh-, from root *bheugh- "to bend" (see bow (v.)). Bog-trotter applied to the wild Irish from 1670s.

Example Sentences for bog

Then after the bog and the potatoes, came funerals and holidays innumerable.

I did not hear a word from her about the bog of Ballynascraw.

There was no light in the cabin, which was a solitary one, standing on the edge of a bog.

This is the Bog of Allen you're travelling now, and they tell there's not the like of it in the three kingdoms.'

It's what the newspapers will call a great day for the Bog of Allen.

He recalled the scene in the bog, Colonel John's courage, and his thought for his servant.

But Rita shuddered again, and begged that she might never hear of the bog again.

And the night was all wrapt in an odour of bog myrtle and flowers.

Strange things, with thick hair, remain at the bottom of a bog.

I should apprehend this bog to be among the most improvable in the country.

bog

Synonyms for bog

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fen

marsh

marshland

mire

moss

muskeg

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quag

bog

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