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Meanings of bog in inglês

russo
торфяное болото
português
paul
espanhol
turbera
catalão
torbera
Wikidata

Wetland that accumulates peat due to incomplete decomposition of plant leftovers.

paul
português
paul
catalão
aiguamoll
espanhol
pantano

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.

paul
Synonyms
Examples for "peat bog"
Examples for "peat bog"
1
A problem is in agreeing how much a peat bog emits.
Reuters
2
Well, they'd been buried in a peat bog for who knows how long.
Walking dead
3
There is not much point trying to drive a Ferrari through a peat bog.
The Irish Times
4
It is an unusual type of wetland- araisedpeat bog.
The new yorker
5
It is much harder to restore a peat bog than to replant a forest.
The Guardian
catalão
encallar

Get stuck while doing something.

encallar
português
bog

Pan-Slavic god or word for "god"

Related terms
bog
Usage of bog in inglês
1
This bog has developed for a hundred thousand years without your help.
Fiendish deeds
2
Ireland has several native species of carnivorous plants, growing in bog habitats.
The Irish Times
3
The first challenge of the second day was the treacherous vertical bog.
A change in altitude
4
There went a minimum of ten thousand pounds, right down the bog.
IT
5
Patrick Joyce's body was found in a bog in Connemara last year.
The Irish Times
6
The woodwork throughout the building was stained and finished in bog oak.
Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
7
Will the end result be bog-standard suburban housing blighting the green belt?
The Guardian
8
The bog will be destroyed and this illegal structure along with it.
Fiendish deeds
9
On nearing the edge of the bog the guides slackened their pace.
In Freedom's Cause : A Story of Wallace and Bruce
10
I might lay hold of a linsey-woolsey cloak somewhere in the bog.
The Settlers at Home
11
The bog-standard job of the 20th Century was formal, full-time and permanent.
BBC
12
At the edge of the bog he halted and looked keenly about.
The Spinners' Book of Fiction
13
The deeper the bog, the more my spirit writhed to be free.
The "Goldfish" / Being the Confessions af a Successful Man
14
It lay fifteen miles further on, across a desolate stretch of bog.
Lady Bountiful
15
Raised bog is a popular wetland habitat for rare plants and birds.
The Irish Times
16
She was sweating within ten feet of the beginning of the bog.
A change in altitude
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Translations for bog
português
paulturfeirabog
Bog through the time
Bog across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common
United States of America
Less common