noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
bog
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She remembered watching peasants clear the unworked peat bog .
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He found a few others: a sphagnum moss peat bog can repel the invasion of pine trees for thousands of years.
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The one piece upper has kept my feet dry even when walking through peat bogs .
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Of the original 34,500 hectares, only 500 hectares of pristine peat bog now remain.
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Old jagged roots dug from peat bogs are especially good.
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Most of Lewis is acid peat bog , and much of Harris bare rock.
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And for our next trick - the peat bog nappy?
extraction
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Much of this is threatened, principally by peat extraction for use as compost in gardening and horticulture.
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The deal has angered environmentalists, who want a complete ban on peat extraction .
fire
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That was a time for peat fires and firelit talk, with the wind a symphony to set stories to.
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The berries are then warmed over slowly burning peat fires until they sprout, a development that converts their starches into sugars.
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There were ceilidhs round the peat fires and on the fine days we explored the moors and sea cliffs.
■ VERB
use
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Team leader Alan Smith said the nursery was committed to preserving the environment so it did not use peat materials or chemicals.
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Once your water is soft it is easily acidified using peat filtration.
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He uses only peat and sand for re-potting.
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I was thinking of using Natalit, with peat plates underneath.
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Do not use peat plates, or filter with peat.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But it was no better outside: midges boiled in clouds out of the sodden peat around the saw-bed and the timber stacks.
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He has switched to growing them in coconut peat , however, and early results look promising, he says.
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Keep peat pellets or pots moist at all times while the seedlings are growing under lights.
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Much of this is threatened, principally by peat extraction for use as compost in gardening and horticulture.
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Nobody was hurt but the thatched roof, and a quantity of hay and peat were destroyed.
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That was a time for peat fires and firelit talk, with the wind a symphony to set stories to.
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The one piece upper has kept my feet dry even when walking through peat bogs.
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White bodies against the black peat .