peat
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- noun
- /piːt/
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turba
- Peat forms in bogs over thousands of years from the decay of plant material.
- peat swamp
- peat soil
- peat fires
It's so it's got that peat humus and peat Moss and it's so spongy.
- It's so it's got that peat humus and peat Moss and it's so spongy.
- It's mountains, it's lakes, it's countryside, there's peat bogs.
- OK, you might have a, a peat that forms shales.
- But now, tuned to his big turnip face, fringed peat Moss sprouts from his ears.
- So I mean, where do you find it's mountains, it's lakes, it's countryside, it's peat bobs.
Examples
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Originally a glacial lake, the fen has filled in with vegetation, notably sphagnum, or peat moss.
Academic text (2011) -
Next thing is this little bag of peat disks right here.
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We'll probably need some peat as well.
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So it's this whole process of keeping the peat wet that is helping us to ensure that it stores carbon?
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Water was carrying away the peat moss that had been laid around the base of the tree.
Fiction book (1999) -
We brought Irish books with us to read over peat fires in the evenings.
Fiction book (2002) -
It means that I deliver peat for fuel from the bog.
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Until very recently, tropical peat swamp forests were a neglected ecosystem with low conservation priority.
Academic text (2011) -
Now gardeners and professional growers rely heavily on peat, like really heavily.
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Lazy smoke rose from farmsteads along the river, where dutiful peat-eating peasants labored alongside their oxen.
Fiction book (1996)
Compounds
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Etymology
Peat comes from an old German word meaning 'turf', the thick layer of plants that grows in a bog and slowly turns into brown, soil-like material. That's why peat today means the partly rotted plant material people cut from bogs to burn for fuel or add to soil.