PEAT

peat

(noun) partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

peat (countable and uncountable, plural peats)

Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel. [from 14th c.]

Etymology 2

Noun

peat (plural peats)

(obsolete) A pet, a darling; a woman.

Anagrams

• PETA, Paet, Pate, Peta, epta-, pate, peta-, pâté, tape, tepa

Etymology

Proper noun

Peat

A surname.

Anagrams

• PETA, Paet, Pate, Peta, epta-, pate, peta-, pâté, tape, tepa

Source: Wiktionary

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Peat, n. Etym: [Cf. Pet a fondling.]

Definition: A small person; a pet; -- sometimes used contemptuously. [Obs.] Shak.

Peat, n. Etym: [Prob. for beat, prop., material used to make the fire burn better, fr. AS. b to better, mend (a fire), b advantage. See Better, Boot advantage.]

Definition: 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.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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