Peat

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Partially carbonized vegetable matter, usually mosses, found in bogs and used as fertilizer and fuel.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A small person; a pet; -- sometimes used contemptuously.
  • n. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Partly decomposed vegetable matter, produced under various conditions of climate and topography, and of considerable importance in certain regions as fuel.
  • n. A small block of peat-bog or -moss, resembling an ordinary brick in shape, cut and dried for fuel.
  • An obsolete variant of pet.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    Form
    peaty   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pet   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Crete    Deet    Delete    Fleet    Grete    Marguerite    Pete    Piet    Seat    Skeat   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    loam    leaf-mould    compost    moss    sawdust    dung    silt    turf    charcoal    clay