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Definition of Peat

Peat
Peat Peat, n. [Prob. for beat, prop., material used to make the fire burn better, fr. AS. b?tan to better, mend (a fire), b?t advantage. See Better, Boot advantage.] A substance of vegetable origin, consisting of roots and fibers, moss, etc., in various stages of decomposition, and found, as a kind of turf or bog, usually in low situations, where it is always more or less saturated with water. It is often dried and used for fuel. Peat bog, a bog containing peat; also, peat as it occurs in such places; peat moss. Peat moss. (a) The plants which, when decomposed, become peat. (b) A fen producing peat. (c) (Bot.) Moss of the genus Sphagnum, which often grows abundantly in boggy or peaty places. Peat reek, the reek or smoke of peat; hence, also, the peculiar flavor given to whisky by being distilled with peat as fuel. [Scot.]
Peat
Peat Peat, n. [Cf. Pet a fondling.] A small person; a pet; -- sometimes used contemptuously. [Obs.] --Shak.

Meaning of Peat from wikipedia

- Peat is an ac****ulation of partially deca**** vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs...
- A bog or bogland is a wetland that ac****ulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials – often mosses, typically sphagnum moss. It is one of the four...
- "KPMG" stands for "Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler". The initialism was chosen when KMG (Klynveld Main Goerdeler) merged with Peat Marwick in 1987. KPMG is...
- In sports (especially in North America), a three-peat is winning three consecutive championships or tournaments. The term, a portmanteau of the words three...
- Look up Peat or peat in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Peat is an ac****ulation of deca**** vegetation matter. Peat may also refer to: Peat (surname)...
- Peat and Diesel are a three-piece band from Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, comprising Calum “Boydie” MacLeod, Innes Scott and Uilly Macleod...
- bog moss and quacker moss (although that term is also sometimes used for peat). Ac****ulations of Sphagnum can store water, since both living and dead plants...
- Andrus Jamerson Peat (born November 4, 1993) is an American professional football offensive tackle for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League...
- Peat is an English and Scottish patronymic surname. People with the name Peat include: Andrus Peat (born 1993), American football player Arthur Peat (1940–2012)...
- Marion Todd Peat Sr. (born May 20, 1964) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League...