peat

Meaning

Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel.

Synonyms

square billet

sedge peat

peat cube

slime peat

peat coal

Frequency

28k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/piːt/
Etymology

Late Middle English, from British Vulgar Latin peta, probably ultimately from a Celtic language such as an unattested Pictish or Brythonic source, in turn possibly from Proto-Brythonic *peθ (“portion, segment, piece”).

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