peatnoun [ U ]
uk/piːt/us/piːt/a dark brown substance like soil that was formed by plants dying and becoming buried. It is sometimes added to ordinary garden soil to improve it and is sometimes used as fuel.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Soil
- aerator
- boulder clay
- chalk
- dirt
- grit
- ground
- heavy
- laterite
- limy
- loam
- mudslide
- ooze
- ore
- peat bog
- sandy
- sediment
- sod
- soil science
- topsoil
- worm cast
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