Definition of Peat

Pronunciation: pēt
n.1.A small person; a pet; - sometimes used contemptuously.
1.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.


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