peat

Significado (Inglês)

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

Sinônimos

turf

gas

kerosine

moor

mush

oil

peaty

sod

square billet

sedge peat

peat cube

slime peat

delf

peat coal

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/piːt/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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”).