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QUAG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does quag mean?
• QUAG (noun)
The noun QUAG has 1 sense:
1. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
Familiarity information: QUAG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
mire; morass; quag; quagmire; slack
Hypernyms ("quag" is a kind of...):
bog; peat bog (wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel)
Derivation:
quaggy ((of soil) soft and watery)
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