peat
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- Scrabble points
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 7
- Letters
- 4
Definition of peat
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel.
“On the return journey the engine ran short of coal, and came to a stand near Penygroes through shortage of steam. Fortunately, there was some peat in a nearby field, which the enginemen dug and the directors helped to carry to the engine. Steam was soon raised and the story had a happy ending!”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel.
“On the return journey the engine ran short of coal, and came to a stand near Penygroes through shortage of steam. Fortunately, there was some peat in a nearby field, which the enginemen dug and the directors helped to carry to the engine. Steam was soon raised and the story had a happy ending!”
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(obsolete)A pet, a darling; a woman.
“And let it not displease thee, good Bianca, / For I will love thee ne'er the less, my girl. / A pretty peat!”
name
- A surname transferred from the given name.
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Etymology
Inherited from Northern Middle English pete (recorded in Latin text as peta), of uncertain origin; perhaps from a Celtic language such as an unattested Pictish or Brythonic source, in turn possibly from Proto-Brythonic *peθ (“portion, segment, piece”); if so, it would be a doublet of piece.
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