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peat

1

[ peet ]

noun

  1. a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
  2. such vegetable matter used as fertilizer or fuel.


peat

2

[ peet ]

noun

  1. Obsolete. a merry young girl; darling (used as a term of endearment).

peat

1

/ piːt /

noun

    1. a compact brownish deposit of partially decomposed vegetable matter saturated with water: found in uplands and bogs in temperate and cold regions and used as a fuel (when dried) and as a fertilizer
    2. ( as modifier )

      peat bog

  1. a piece of dried peat for use as fuel


peat

2

/ piːt /

noun

  1. archaic.
    a person, esp a woman
  2. obsolete.
    a term of endearment for a girl or woman

peat

/ pēt /

  1. 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.
  2. See more at bog


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Derived Forms

  • ˈpeaty, adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of peat1

1300–50; Middle English pete (compare Anglo-Latin peta ) < ?

Origin of peat2

First recorded in 1560–70; origin uncertain

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Word History and Origins

Origin of peat1

C14: from Anglo-Latin peta, perhaps from Celtic; compare Welsh peth thing

Origin of peat2

C16: of uncertain origin

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Example Sentences

Two days later, on January 5, 2012, MC Peat Co LLP took out a loan in the amount of £2.73 million, or $4.5 million.

Charlie Peat denied to me by email that his investment house was lent any money from Roman Abramovich.

Is the fact that it worked in Norway a good reason to give peat moss a try?

He had nearly bitten his swollen tongue in two falling over an unseen peat-cutting, and blood-flecked foam gathered on his lips.

It must be carefully composted with peat, and turned over several times before being used.

It is sometimes mixed with lime or gypsum, and dried with heat, and sometimes with animal charcoal or peat charcoal.

Dry peat of good quality contains about one per cent of nitrogen, and a quantity of ash varying from five to twenty per cent.

A stuffy hole, full of peat-smoke, and with a window that can't open at the best of times.

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