Synonyms for bog

Grammar : Noun

Spell : bog, bawg

Phonetic Transcription : bɒg, bɔg

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Définition of bog

Origin : c.1500, from Gaelic and Irish bogach "bog," from adjective bog "soft, moist," from PIE *bhugh-, from root *bheugh- "to bend" (see bow (v.)). Bog-trotter applied to the wild Irish from 1670s.

noun swamp

Example sentences :

Then after the bog and the potatoes, came funerals and holidays innumerable.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

I did not hear a word from her about the bog of Ballynascraw.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

There was no light in the cabin, which was a solitary one, standing on the edge of a bog.
Extract from : « The Macdermots of Ballycloran » by Anthony Trollope

This is the Bog of Allen you're travelling now, and they tell there's not the like of it in the three kingdoms.'
Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever

It's what the newspapers will call a great day for the Bog of Allen.
Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever

He recalled the scene in the bog, Colonel John's courage, and his thought for his servant.
Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman

But Rita shuddered again, and begged that she might never hear of the bog again.
Extract from : « Three Margarets » by Laura E. Richards

And the night was all wrapt in an odour of bog myrtle and flowers.
Extract from : « Gilian The Dreamer » by Neil Munro

Strange things, with thick hair, remain at the bottom of a bog.
Extract from : « Myths and Legends of the Great Plains » by Unknown

I should apprehend this bog to be among the most improvable in the country.
Extract from : « A Tour in Ireland » by Arthur Young

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