bog
noun/bɒɡ/
/bɑːɡ/
- [countable, uncountable] (an area of) wet soft ground, formed of decayed (= destroyed by natural processes) plants
- Like oil, gas and coal fields, peat bogs act as vast carbon stores.
Extra ExamplesTopics Geographyc2- I found myself walking through a bog.
- The more she struggled the deeper she sank into the bog.
- There was an area of bog behind the house.
- We collected several interesting specimens from the bog.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- vast
- stagnant
- peat
- …
- sink into
- in a/the bog
- through a/the bog
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- [countable] (British English, slang) a toilet
- Have you got any bog roll (= toilet paper)?
- Sam was on the bog when I arrived.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Irish or Scottish Gaelic bogach, from bog ‘soft’.
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