PEAT


Meaning of PEAT in English

■ noun partly decomposed vegetable matter forming a deposit on acidic, boggy ground, dried for use in gardening and as fuel.

Derivatives

~y adjective ( ~ier , ~iest ).

Origin

ME: from Anglo-Latin peta .

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.