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Peat
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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World English Dictionary
peat1 (piːt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. 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 |
| b. (as modifier): peat bog | |
| 2. | a piece of dried peat for use as fuel |
| [C14: from Anglo-Latin peta, perhaps from Celtic; compare Welsh peth thing] | |
| 'peaty1 | |
| —adj | |
| peat2 (piːt) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | archaic, derogatory a person, esp a woman |
| 2. | obsolete a term of endearment for a girl or woman |
| [C16: of uncertain origin] | |
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Word Origin & History
peat
c.1200, in Scottish-L., probably from O.Celt. root *pett- (cf. Cornish peyth, Welsh peth "quantity, part, thing," O.Ir. pet, Breton pez "piece"). The earliest sense is not of the turf but of the cut piece of it.
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American Heritage
Science Dictionary
peat  (pēt) Pronunciation Key
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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Example sentences
Sow them in small peat pots using a seed-starting medium.
On either side of the snaking single-lane road peat bogs stretch as far as the eye can see.
Dozens of plumes from forest and peat bog fires can be seen scattered everywhere.
Peat and moor have made way for pasture and tillage.
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