peat
noun/piːt/
/piːt/
[uncountable]- a soft black or brown substance formed from old or dying 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)
Extra ExamplesTopics Gardensc2- Dig some peat into the soil before planting.
- We'll need a couple of bags of peat for potting the seedlings.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPeat is used before these nouns:- bog
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Latin peta, perhaps of Celtic origin.
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