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peat

[peet] / pit /




NOUN
turf
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The building was made from locally gathered clay and peat, with sedge grass for its thatched roof.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

"So you could be looking at decades, centuries, millennia before the actual lost peat itself begins to build back up."

From BBC • May 2, 2026

"We've been looking after it since 1982, and we've been investing a lot of resource to restore the peat there," says Craig.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

In these regions, practices such as draining peatlands for agriculture, clearing forests, and converting land for development have made peat soils far more likely to ignite.

From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026

Wandering on, they climbed a hill and came to Newtown Common—a country of peat, gorse and silver birch.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams




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