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Word entry · 6 letters

muskeg

Best crossword clue

"Peaty northern bog"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈmʌskɛɡ/Sorted egkmsuStarts with MEnds with G1 clues
1M2U3S4K5E6G

Definitions

  1. A terrain composed of peat bog with tussocky meadow and woody vegetation including spruce.

Word origin

From Cree ᒪᐢᑫᐠ (maskek).

Used in a sentence

  • Here, in a decaying cluster of buildings, the Winnipeg train turns gratefully back to the south and hurries to leave behind it the anonymous tangle of forests and muskegs.
  • Work on the muskeg resulted in the formation in the first instance, and later in lengths of newly-laid track disappearing without trace into the treacherous bog.

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