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muskeg
[ muhs-keg ]
noun
- a bog of northern North America, commonly having sphagnum mosses, sedge, and sometimes stunted black spruce and tamarack trees.
muskeg
/ ˈmʌsˌkɛɡ /
noun
- undrained boggy land characterized by sphagnum moss vegetation
vast areas of muskeg
- a bog or swamp of this nature
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Word History and Origins
Origin of muskeg1
1765–75; < Cree maske·k < Proto-Algonquian *maŝkye·kwi swamp
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Word History and Origins
Origin of muskeg1
C19: from Algonquian: grassy swamp
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Example Sentences
Previously, Banerjee and others had shown how to make a material for roads with a bog-like muskeg soil.
Then they dumped in carload after carload of rock and gravel; but the muskeg absorbed it and waited for more.
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Two young women had, however, just emerged from among the towering firs that hemmed in the muskeg.
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Along the river in the muskeg and bush to the south we hunt.
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How far-r did ye say ut wuz to Flor-ridy, afther ye cr-ross th' muskeg?
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Toward evening the trail gradually swung to the east skirting muskeg country.
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