peatier

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• peatier — pɪːtɪ adj. smelling like peat or dried swamp matter …   English contemporary dictionary

• peaty — /pee tee/, adj., peatier, peatiest. of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing the substance peat. [1755 65; PEAT1 + Y1] * * * …   Universalium

• tundra — /tun dreuh, toon /, n. one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America. [1835 45; < Russ túndra < Lappish; cf. Kola Lappish tundar flat elevated area] * * * Treeless, level or rolling ground …   Universalium

• whatever — [[t](h)wɒte̱və(r)[/t]] ♦♦ 1) CONJ SUBORD You use whatever to refer to anything or everything of a particular type. Franklin was free to do pretty much whatever he pleased... When you re older I think you re better equipped mentally to cope with… …   English dictionary

• peat — noun partly decomposed vegetable matter forming a deposit on acidic, boggy ground, dried for use in gardening and as fuel. Derivatives peaty adjective (peatier, peatiest). Origin ME: from Anglo Latin peta …   English new terms dictionary

• peat — [pēt] n. [ME pete < ML peta, piece of turf, prob. < Celt * pett , piece > PIECE, Welsh peth] 1. partly decayed, moisture absorbing plant matter found in ancient bogs and swamps, used as a plant covering or fuel 2. a dried block of this… …   English World dictionary