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peat bog

NOUN
marshland
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bog glade
STRONG
bottoms fen marsh mire moor morass mud polder quag quagmire slough swale swampland wetland
WEAK
everglade holm muskeg
NOUN
muskeg
Synonyms
WEAK
bog bottoms everglade fen glade holm marsh marshland mire moor morass mud polder quag quagmire slough swale swampland wetland
NOUN
quag
Synonyms
STRONG
bog bottoms fen glade marsh marshland mire moor morass mud polder quagmire slough swale swampland wetland
WEAK
everglade holm muskeg
NOUN
slough
Synonyms
STRONG
bog bottoms fen glade marsh marshland mire moor morass mud polder quag quagmire swale swampland wetland
WEAK
everglade holm muskeg
NOUN
swamp
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bog marshland morass mud quagmire
STRONG
bottoms fen glade marsh mire moor polder quag slough swale swampland
WEAK
everglade holm muskeg
NOUN
swampland
Synonyms
STRONG
bog bottoms fen glade marsh marshland mire moor morass mud polder quag quagmire slough swale wetland
WEAK
everglade holm muskeg

Example Sentences

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He grew up a farmer, and when he founded a golf course here 30 years ago, his favorite part was moving dirt around what had once been a peat bog.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

He noted that “holdover” is also used to describe peat bog fires that burn many feet below the surface for weeks or months, even under snowpack.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

Vittrup Man is the nickname of a Stone Age skeleton recovered from a peat bog in Northwest Denmark, dating to between 3300-3100 BC.

From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2024

A group of volunteers restoring a Spitfire pulled from a peat bog in Norway have appealed for help as they rebuild it to fly again.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2023

So on she went, treading lightly and carefully, finding every step a pure pleasure, till she saw sunlight breaking through the green, and knew that she was coming to the edge of the peat bog.

From Margaret Montfort by Barry, Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze)