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• peat — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English pete piece of peat, from Medieval Latin peta, probably of Celtic origin; akin to Cornish peyth bit, Welsh peth thing Date: 14th century 1. turf 2b 2. partially carbonized vegetable tissue …   New Collegiate 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

• peat — c.1200, in Scottish L., probably from O.Celt. root *pett (Cf. Cornish peyth, Welsh peth quantity, part, thing, O.Ir. pet, Breton pez piece ). The earliest sense is not of the turf but of the cut piece of it …   Etymology dictionary

• piece — n. & v. n. 1 a (often foll. by of) one of the distinct portions forming part of or broken off from a larger object; a bit; a part (a piece of string). b each of the parts of which a set or category is composed (a five piece band; a piece of… …   Useful english dictionary

• peat´like´ — peat1 «peet», noun. 1. a kind of heavy turf made of partly rotted moss and other plants, especially sphagnum moss. It is used as a fertilizer or especially as fuel in Ireland, Great Britain, and other parts of the world where there are many peat… …   Useful english dictionary

• piece — [13] Piece is probably ultimately of Celtic origin. It comes via Anglo Norman pece from medieval Latin pecia or petia, which appears to have been borrowed from *pettia, an unrecorded word in the Celtic language of ancient Gaul. This would have… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• piece — [13] Piece is probably ultimately of Celtic origin. It comes via Anglo Norman pece from medieval Latin pecia or petia, which appears to have been borrowed from *pettia, an unrecorded word in the Celtic language of ancient Gaul. This would have… …   Word origins

• peat — noun 1 (U) a substance formed from decaying plants under the surface of the ground in some areas, which can be burned instead of coal, or mixed with soil to help plants grow well: a peat bog 2 (C) a piece of this used for burning on a fire peaty… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• peat — n. 1 vegetable matter decomposed in water and partly carbonized, used for fuel, in horticulture, etc. 2 a cut piece of this. Derivatives: peaty adj. Etymology: ME f. AL peta, perh. f. Celt.: cf. PIECE …   Useful english dictionary

• peat — see PIECE …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• peat — see PIECE …   Word origins