A brown, soil-like material characteristic of boggy, acid ground, consisting of partly decomposed vegetable matter. It is widely cut and dried for use in gardening and as fuel.

The gardener used peat to improve the soil quality in the flower beds.

A piece of turf cut from peatland, used as fuel.

The villagers stacked peat by the fireplace to keep warm during the winter months.

Land consisting of deep layers of peat; a peat bog.

The horses got stuck in the soft peat after heavy rain.

peatverb

To cover, treat, or supply with peat, or to dig peat from land.

The farmers still peat the moor every autumn to fuel their cottages.

peatadjective

Relating to, derived from, or containing peat.

The distinctive flavor comes from the whisky's peat smoke.