Synonyms for peat

Grammar : Noun

Spell : peet

Phonetic Transcription : pit

Top 10 synonyms for peat

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Définition of peat

Origin : c.1200, in Scottish Latin, of unknown origin, probably from a Celtic root *pett- (cf. Cornish peyth, Welsh peth "quantity, part, thing," Old Irish pet, Breton pez "piece"). The earliest sense is not of the turf but of the cut piece of it, and the Celtic root may be connected to that of piece.

As in bog : noun swamp
As in sod : noun clod
As in turf : noun earth
As in sod : noun grass
As in turf : noun grounds

Example sentences :

With that, she sat down at the round table near the peat fire.
Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis

The room was dark by this time, and only the sullen glow from the peat fire was on our faces.
Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine

He broke the peat with the peat-stick and kicked it into the fire.
Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

There he was in the peat loft when I went for the peats, and he had it all as fine as clerk after passon.
Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

This accounts for that great pebble of peat which we saw in the surf.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 » by Various

I say, I will make him eat some part of my leek, or I will peat his pate four days.
Extract from : « King Henry the Fifth » by William Shakespeare

From the peat of lower depths no cellulose could be obtained.
Extract from : « Researches on Cellulose » by C. F. Cross

For a peat fire smouldered on the hearth and the room was filled with smoke.
Extract from : « Stories from the Ballads » by Mary MacGregor

The place where first the cuckoo sings, Is by the peat pits on the hills.
Extract from : « Welsh Folk-Lore » by Elias Owen

A man went from his house for peat to the stack on the hill.
Extract from : « Welsh Folk-Lore » by Elias Owen

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