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- Dictionarybog/bɒɡ/
noun
- 1. an area of wet muddy ground that is too soft to support a heavy body: "a peat bog"
- 2. the toilet. informal British
verb
- 1. be or become stuck in mud or wet ground: "the car became bogged down on the beach road"
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bog noun (TOILET) [ C ] UK slang. a toilet: I'm just going to nip to the bog. bog paper We've run out of bog paper. bog roll We've run out of bog roll. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Parts of buildings: the toilet. bathroom.
Jul 9, 2015 · The meaning of BOG is wet spongy ground; especially : a poorly drained usually acid area rich in accumulated plant material, frequently surrounding a body of open water, and having a characteristic flora (as of sedges, heaths, and sphagnum).
A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials – often mosses, typically sphagnum moss. [1] . It is one of the four main types of wetlands.
An area of wet, spongy ground consisting mainly of decayed or decaying peat moss (sphagnum) and other vegetation. Bogs form as the dead vegetation sinks to the bottom of a lake or pond, where it decays slowly to form peat.
A bog is a swampy kind of ground made up mostly of decomposing plants and mosses. Nothing can be built on a bog because the ground is so spongy and damp, and no crops can be grown there. The dried soil from a bog can, however, be dried and burned for fuel.
Oct 19, 2023 · A bog is a freshwater wetland of soft, spongy ground consisting mainly of partially decayed plant matter called peat. Bogs are generally found in cool, northern climates. They often develop in poorly draining lake basins created by glaciers during the most recent ice age.
bog in American English. (bɑg ; bɔg ) noun. 1. wet, spongy ground, characterized by decaying mosses that form peat; a small marsh or swamp. verb transitive, verb intransitive Word forms: bogged or ˈbogging. 2. to sink or become stuck in or as in a bog; mire. often with down.
1. a. An area having a wet, spongy, acidic substrate composed chiefly of sphagnum moss and peat in which characteristic shrubs and herbs and sometimes trees usually grow. b. Any of certain other wetland areas, such as a fen, having a peat substrate. Also called peat bog. 2. An area of soft, naturally waterlogged ground. 3.
Definition of bog noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Britannica Dictionary definition of BOG. : an area of soft, wet land : marsh. [count] a kind of plant that commonly grows in bogs. a peat bog. [noncount] areas of bog. bog plants/grasses. — often used figuratively to refer to a situation that is complicated or difficult. a bog of anxiety/uncertainty. — compare 3 bog. — boggy.
