peat
1[peet]
noun
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.
such vegetable matter used as fertilizer or fuel.
Origin of peat
11300–50; Middle English pete (compare Anglo-Latin peta) < ?
peat
2[peet]
noun Obsolete.
Origin of peat
2First recorded in 1560–70; origin uncertain
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Related Words for peat
marshland, wetlands, lowland, turf, soil, lawn, grass, sod, dirt, territory, track, terrain, earth, ground, moss, fen, mire, quagmire, marsh, sloughExamples from the Web for peat
Historical Examples of peat
With that, she sat down at the round table near the peat fire.
Welsh Fairy TalesWilliam Elliott Griffis
The room was dark by this time, and only the sullen glow from the peat fire was on our faces.
The Woman Thou Gavest MeHall Caine
He broke the peat with the peat-stick and kicked it into the fire.
The Shadow of a CrimeHall Caine
There he was in the peat loft when I went for the peats, and he had it all as fine as clerk after passon.
A Son of HagarSir Hall Caine
This accounts for that great pebble of peat which we saw in the surf.
peat
1noun
Word Origin for peat
C14: from Anglo-Latin peta, perhaps from Celtic; compare Welsh peth thing
peat
2noun
Word Origin for peat
C16: of uncertain origin
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peat
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