PEAT BOG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does peat bog mean? 

• PEAT BOG (noun)
  The noun PEAT BOG has 1 sense:

1. wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel

  Familiarity information: PEAT BOG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEAT BOG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

bog; peat bog

Hypernyms ("peat bog" is a kind of...):

wetland (a low area where the land is saturated with water)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "peat bog"):

mire; morass; quag; quagmire; slack (a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot)

slough (a hollow filled with mud)