bog C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /bɑɡ/ UK /bɒɡ/ See IPA manual Minimal pairs Sounds like bug /ʌ/ vs /ɑ/ Sounds like bogue /ɑ/ vs /oʊ/ Meanings 1 noun an area of soft, waterlogged, spongy ground; to become stuck The cart sank up to its axles in the peaty bog. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · an area of soft,... marshswampmirefenquagmiremorasswetlandslough Word family Forms boggedboggingboggy Derived forms boggybogged Etymology AI details From Irish and Scottish Gaelic bogach ('bog'), from bog ('soft'), from Old Irish bocc ('soft'), from Proto-Celtic *buggos ('soft, tender'). bogach Irish *buggos Proto-Celtic View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # bog **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /bɑɡ/ **IPA (UK):** /bɒɡ/ ## Meanings 1. an area of soft, waterlogged, spongy ground; to become stuck ## Examples - The cart sank up to its axles in the peaty bog. ## Synonyms - marsh - swamp - mire - fen - quagmire - morass - wetland - slough ## Derived Forms - boggy - bogged ## Roots and Affixes - Root: bogach - Root: *buggos ## Etymology From Irish and Scottish Gaelic bogach ('bog'), from bog ('soft'), from Old Irish bocc ('soft'), from Proto-Celtic *buggos ('soft, tender'). ## AI Etymology Bog is from Irish and Scottish Gaelic bogach ('bog'), from bog ('soft'), from Old Irish bocc ('soft'), from Proto-Celtic *buggos ('soft, tender'). Important recorded forms include bogach (Irish) and *buggos (Proto-Celtic). The current sense covers an area of soft, waterlogged, spongy ground; to become stuck. The wider family includes derived forms such as boggy and bogged. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown