peat bog

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noun
  1. a swamp in which peat has accumulated.

Origin of peat bog

1
First recorded in 1765–75

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How to use peat bog in a sentence

  • 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 gateway in the outer wall fronted a peat-bog, the shore of which was some ten feet distant.

  • The natural surroundings show that this fort was built when the peat-bog was a lake.

  • One day, coming home from his work at the peat bog, he found the elders snuffling and sighing over their afternoon meal.

    The Great Hunger | Johan Bojer
  • Chat Moss is an immense peat bog of about twelve square miles in extent.

    Lives of the Engineers | Samuel Smiles

Scientific definitions for peat bog

peat bog

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