Hochmoor — meaning in English

English meaning

• bog noun An area of soft, wet, spongy ground formed from decayed plant matter, especially moss.
• moor noun A wide stretch of open, often hilly land covered in heather and rough grass, with poor, boggy soil.

Senses

Hochmoor is used for these senses in English:

• bog (wetland science, specifically) An acidic, chiefly rain-fed (ombrotrophic), peat-forming wetland. (Contrast an alkaline fen, and swamps and marshes.)
• moor An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light (and usually acidic) soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath. (Compare bog, peatland, marsh, swamp, fen.)

bog — full definition

1. noun An area of soft, wet, spongy ground formed from decayed plant matter, especially moss.
2. verb To become stuck or unable to make progress, often in the phrase "bog down."
3. noun British informal: a toilet.

moor — full definition

1. noun A wide stretch of open, often hilly land covered in heather and rough grass, with poor, boggy soil.
2. verb To tie up and fix a boat in place with ropes, chains, or an anchor.

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