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Word: Peat
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English: from Anglo-Latin peta, perhaps of Celtic origin
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
piːt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a brown deposit resembling soil, formed by the partial decomposition of vegetable matter in the wet acidic conditions of bogs and fens, and often cut out and dried for use as fuel and in gardening
Short Definition:brown deposit formed by decomposition of vegetable matter in bogs
Examples:- mulch plants with leaf mould or peat
- a peat bog
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