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noun (1)

plural of bog
as in marshes
spongy land saturated or partially covered with water got a shoe stuck in the bog

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noun (2)

plural of bog, British
as in bathrooms
a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste they're out of paper in the bog again

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Recent Examples of bogs
Noun
Wildfires are flaring across France, the United Kingdom and Germany as an intense European heat wave turns forests and peat bogs tinder-dry, gutting homes and triggering mass evacuations and international air support. — Sylvie Corbet, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026 During this time, bogs, marshes, and other wetlands, historically seen as disease-ridden and deleterious to human health, were reevaluated by scientists and conservationists as valuable wildlife habitats. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026 The rest of the structure was made from stones (carefully stacked, with no mortar) and turf cut into chunks from the peat bogs. — Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 15 July 2026 The Venus flytrap is native only to the coastal wetlands and bogs of North Carolina and South Carolina, and grows naturally in nutrient-poor, acidic, and perpetually wet areas. — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 14 July 2026 The Great Hunger and subsequent Irish migrations still burden those scattered among cliffs and bogs; and when Tomás emerges from a wood, transformed by a mystical encounter, Liam must push them to finish their task. — Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026 Nugget Falls Trail, Tongass National Forest, Alaska Visitors to the Tongass National Forest can hike through meadows and dense forests, explore caves, or even venture on a wooden boardwalk trail through swampy bogs called muskegs. — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2026 Blazes can simmer in peat bogs and other areas of organic matter several feet below ground, just waiting to ignite again. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 29 May 2026 Before the roads west of town were paved in 1936, reaching the lake meant navigating ruts, mud bogs and chugholes. — Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bogs
  1. marshes
  2. bathrooms
  3. wetlands
  4. restrooms
  5. swamps
  6. toilets
Noun
  • Fire is part of the Everglades ecology — wildfire season coincides with the end of spring when stormy-weather lightning strikes ignite marshes still dry from winter.
    — Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
  • But in the swamps and marshes, oaks are isolated on the islands.
    — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of marshes
Noun
  • Once dismissed as an oddity in American bathrooms, the bidet is having a moment.
    — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The home features three bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms with a working fireplace and a sunken garden.
    — Nora DeLigter, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of bathrooms
Noun
  • At the southern end of the Everglades, where marshes and coastal wetlands are most starved for freshwater, peat has started to collapse, ripping open the shallow sawgrass marshes to leave behind deeper pits of open water.
    — Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
  • There are also wetlands, woodlands, savannahs, and mountain bush.
    — Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of wetlands
Noun
  • Buc-ee's sued Beaver's Mini Mart in late July, four months after the chain known for its extensive food offerings and massive restrooms opened its first Ohio store less than a half-hour's drive away.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • About 100 people have come to the fire station each day for the portable restrooms, Kuiper said.
    — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of restrooms
Noun
  • They can also be found in a variety of habitats, including forests, grasslands, scrub brush, swamps and deserts.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026
  • But in the swamps and marshes, oaks are isolated on the islands.
    — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of swamps
Noun
  • Inside Roman public toilets As Rome’s population grew, public toilets were installed in high-traffic areas for the free access of all (although in practice, they were used mostly by men).
    — Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026
  • That was on top of sewage problems on the ship that left its crew unable to use its toilets.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of toilets

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