What is another word for Mudhole?

Pronunciation: [mˈʌdhə͡ʊl] (IPA)

Mudhole is a term that describes a hole filled with mud or a patch of muddy ground. There are a variety of synonyms for the word mudhole, such as mire, quagmire, slough, slush, bog, puddle, marsh, swamp, and morass. Each of these synonyms describes a different type of wet and muddy ground, ranging from a small puddle to a vast swampy area. These words can be used interchangeably with mudhole, depending on the context and the intended meaning. Whether you're describing a small patch of mud in your backyard or an expansive wetland, there's a synonym for mudhole that can help you paint a vivid picture of the scene.

Usage examples for Mudhole

"Especially when it's been raining for three days, and the road is one big Mudhole, when your waggon's stuck wheel-deep, and no sooner do you dig it out than in goes another wheel.
"The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley"
Bertram Mitford
The writer of this little work met Ole Bull a few years ago in Chicago, and heard the artist laughingly say that, when he first entered what was destined to be such a great city, it was little more than a vast Mudhole, a good-sized village scattered over a wide space of ground, and with no building of pretension except Fort Dearborn, a stockade fortification.
"Great Violinists And Pianists"
George T. Ferris
There were only a few feeble attempts at a clearing here and there, but the ground was low and the river, retiring after its yearly floods, left on each a gradually diminishing Mudhole, where the imported buffaloes of the Bugis settlers wallowed happily during the heat of the day.
"An Outcast of the Islands"
Joseph Conrad

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