a soft black or brown substance formed from decaying plants just under the surface of the ground, especially in cool wet areas. It is burned as a fuel or used to improve garden soil peat bogs peat extraction a peat fire (= one in which cut pieces of peat are burned)
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NAmE//ˈpit̮i//
adjective peaty soilsSee peat in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: peat