peat bog
a swamp in which peat has accumulated.
Origin of peat bog
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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 New Stone Age in Northern Europe | John M. TylerThe 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. MacLeanThe natural surroundings show that this fort was built when the peat-bog was a lake.
A Manual of the Antiquity of Man | J. P. MacLeanOne 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 BojerChat Moss is an immense peat bog of about twelve square miles in extent.
Lives of the Engineers | Samuel Smiles
Scientific definitions for peat bog
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