peat

 
Pronunciation: /piːt/

noun

[mass noun]
  • a brown material consisting of partly decomposed vegetable matter forming a deposit on acidic, boggy, ground, which is dried for use in gardening and as fuel: mulch plants with leaf mould or peat [as modifier]: a peat bog
  • [count noun] (usually peats) a cut piece of peat: he reached forward to add a couple of peats to the fire

Derivatives

peaty

adjective (peatier, peatiest)

Origin:

Middle English: from Anglo-Latin peta, perhaps of Celtic origin