bog
noun
[ bɒɡ ]
• an area of wet muddy ground that is too soft to support a heavy body.
• "a peat bog"
Similar:
marsh,
marshland,
swamp,
swampland,
sump,
mire,
quagmire,
quag,
morass,
slough,
fen,
fenland,
wetland,
carr,
salt marsh,
saltings,
salina,
bayou,
moor,
moss,
• the toilet.
bog
verb
• be or become stuck in mud or wet ground.
• "the car became bogged down on the beach road"
Origin:
Middle English: from Irish or Scottish Gaelic bogach, from bog ‘soft’.
