muskeg

noun

ˈmə-ˌskeg How to pronounce muskeg (audio)
Definition of muskegnext
as in marsh
spongy land saturated or partially covered with water local farmers can make extra money by digging peat out of the nearby muskeg

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Recent Examples of muskeg 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 We were trapped in country as wild and rough as any in western Ontario, all hills and swamps, lakes and streams, muskeg, beaver ponds, and windfalls. — Elwyn "bud" Myers, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026 The lakes are two skinny networks of water, one above the other, separated by two kilometres of muskeg. — Hazlitt, 20 Dec. 2022 Some of those roads, homes, and business districts crossed what had once been impassable, swampy muskeg. — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Nov. 2022 The terrain gives way to a mixture of forest, muskeg and drylands, where the sandy soil rises to the surface. — NBC News, 22 Nov. 2021 Much of the undeveloped land in Tongass is rock, ice or muskeg, a type of cold-climate swamp. — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for muskeg
  1. marsh
  2. wetland
  3. swamp
Noun
  • Before the healing process was complete, however, Scotty died in what scientists believe was a salty marsh.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
  • In Cusk’s first novel after the blockbuster Outline trilogy, a woman invites an artist to stay at her home on a marsh, and things unravel from there.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of marsh
Noun
  • Flooding recreates the wetlands that once spread across much of California’s Sacramento Valley.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Each winter, the farm floods portions of its rice fields to mimic the natural wetlands that once covered much more of California’s Sacramento Valley.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of wetland
Noun
  • The rain is expected to stop by kickoff, but not after nearly 24 hours of it, which may have turned the grass surface of Saban Field at Bryant-Denny Stadium into a swamp (it is equipped with quite the advanced draining system).
    — Ryan Morik OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Del Rey’s husband, Jeremy Dufrene, will even have a bit role as Mud Dog Mike, Back Country Radio’s roving reporter, swamp meteorologist, and airboat captain (which Dufrene is in real life).
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of swamp

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“Muskeg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muskeg. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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