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peat

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peat  (pt)
n.
Partially carbonized vegetable matter, usually mosses, found in bogs and used as fertilizer and fuel.
[Middle English pete, perhaps from Medieval Latin peta.]
peaty adj.
peat
Noun
decaying vegetable matter found in uplands and bogs and used as a fuel (when dried) and as a fertilizer [perhaps Celtic]
peat  (pt)
Partially decayed vegetable matter, especially peat moss, found in bogs. The low levels of oxygen and the acidic environment in bogs prevent the degradation of peat. Peat is burned as fuel and also used as fertilizer. See more at bog.
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Noun1.peat - partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried
humate - material that is high in humic acids
vegetable matter - matter produced by plants or growing in the manner of a plant
Translations
Spanish peat [piːt] n → turba
French peat [piːt] n → tourbe f
German peat [piːt] n → Torf m
Italian peat [piːt] n → torba
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The cause of your recollection, so far as hitherto observ able phenomena are concerned, consists both of the peat smoke
The Analysis of Mind by Russell, Bertrand View in context
When she came close and looked in she beheld indistinct forms racing up and down to the figure of the dance, the silence of their footfalls arising from their being overshoe in "scroff"--that is to say, the powdery residuum from the storage of peat and other products, the stirring of which by their turbulent feet created the nebulosity that involved the scene.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
The men open an inner door, and we enter a long corridor, comfortably warmed by a peat fire.
The Two Destinies by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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