peat bog

American  

noun

1. a swamp in which peat has accumulated.

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peat bog Scientific  

1. See under bog

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Etymology

Origin of peat bog

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

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peat bog

A Bronze Age shield found in a peat bog has been returned to Scotland for the first time in more than 230 years.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026

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

We know now that the remains — extraordinarily well preserved — belonged to a teenage boy from the Iron Age, held together for thousands of years by the preservative power of the peat bog.

From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2024

Going last night good, after we had crossed another peat bog.

From The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland by Pearson, George

Related Words

• bog
• marshland
• morass
• mud
• quagmire