Peat
noun
A brown material consisting of partly decomposed vegetable matter, used as a fuel and in gardening to improve the soil.
She added some peat into the garden's soil to make it more fertile.
Often appears as...
- peat bog
- peat soil
noun
A type of soil made from decayed plants that has been compressed for many years. It is often cut out and dried for use as fuel.
In olden times, people in rural areas often used dried peat blocks as fuel for heating.
Often appears as...
- cut peat
- peat block
Usage tips
Historical
noun
A brown material consisting of partly decomposed vegetable matter, used as a fuel and in gardening to improve the soil.
She added some peat into the garden's soil to make it more fertile.
Often appears as...
- peat bog
- peat soil
noun
A type of soil made from decayed plants that has been compressed for many years. It is often cut out and dried for use as fuel.
In olden times, people in rural areas often used dried peat blocks as fuel for heating.
Often appears as...
- cut peat
- peat block
Usage tips
Historical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Gardening Use
Peat is added to soil to retain moisture and help plants grow.
To help her seedlings thrive, she mixed peat into the potting soil.
Pro Tip 2/3Eco-Consciousness
Harvesting peat can damage ecosystems; some gardeners prefer alternatives.
Due to environmental concerns, they chose coconut coir over peat.
Pro Tip 3/3Fuel Source
In certain regions, peat is a traditional fuel for heating and cooking.
Her grandmother's cottage had a distinctive smell from burning peat in the fireplace.
Pro Tip 1/3Gardening Use
Peat is added to soil to retain moisture and help plants grow.
To help her seedlings thrive, she mixed peat into the potting soil.
Pro Tip 2/3Eco-Consciousness
Harvesting peat can damage ecosystems; some gardeners prefer alternatives.
Due to environmental concerns, they chose coconut coir over peat.
Pro Tip 3/3Fuel Source
In certain regions, peat is a traditional fuel for heating and cooking.
Her grandmother's cottage had a distinctive smell from burning peat in the fireplace.
Pro Tip 1/3Gardening Use
Peat is added to soil to retain moisture and help plants grow.
To help her seedlings thrive, she mixed peat into the potting soil.
Pro Tip 2/3Eco-Consciousness
Harvesting peat can damage ecosystems; some gardeners prefer alternatives.
Due to environmental concerns, they chose coconut coir over peat.
Pro Tip 3/3Fuel Source
In certain regions, peat is a traditional fuel for heating and cooking.
Her grandmother's cottage had a distinctive smell from burning peat in the fireplace.
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Video examples
Here, Cutting Down...
people store more carbon than any other terrestrial ecosystem on the planet so for that they are very important for the global climate regulation the peatland should not have trees on them the trees and the drainage ditches that have been plowed through the peat lines are very
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How to restore a...
all the zoos in the world together just now like victims for every baby six having disappeared from the forest the deforestation especially for oil palm to provide biofuel for the Western countries is what's causing these problems and those are the peat swamp
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Surveying The Angolan...
helping to mitigate the global effects of climate change. Thousands of tons of carbon are being sequestered by the Angolan highlands each year. But they’ve also discovered that these critical peat ecosystems are threatened by human impacts
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Peatlands Critical In...
and we're here to study the Pittman's you compare it to other soils peat is really carbon decks it's made up of partially decomposed plant material all the carbon that the plant accumulates is life it doesn't fully break down so that
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Tracking Plastic Sea to...
state with functioning forests grasslands wetlands peat bogs mangrove forests seagrass beds healthy ocean habitats so nature can continue providing all these wonderful benefits like oxygen flood protection coastal protection food
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Stonehenge Theories with...
shut the whole time no they were true in all over the place it's the first thing you learn in school drool peat rain stone yeah so I don't say UFO please don't say yes no no I had no no intention of saying you just said it
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How to grow a forest in...
which can help soil become more porous. Water can now seep in. If the soil doesn't have the capacity to hold water, we will mix some more biomass -- some water-absorbent material like peat or bagasse,
Video examples
Borneo: Paradise Under...
areas and it's quite depressing of course this is the third largest island in the world it used to be covered with dense rainforest peat swamp forests but at this rate that it has been leveled now
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This Crazy Tree Grows 40...
will be about 3 or 4 years before it's at that peak and then peat blossom unlike any other artworks that I've made these things continuously evolved I think one of the reasons why I've been
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UK National Parks in 100...
blink six seconds and six percent of our walk is through crops peat bugs are large stores of water and carbon and are home to special wetland wildlife
Video examples
Here, Cutting Down...
people store more carbon than any other terrestrial ecosystem on the planet so for that they are very important for the global climate regulation the peatland should not have trees on them the trees and the drainage ditches that have been plowed through the peat lines are very
Video examples
How to restore a...
all the zoos in the world together just now like victims for every baby six having disappeared from the forest the deforestation especially for oil palm to provide biofuel for the Western countries is what's causing these problems and those are the peat swamp
Video examples
Surveying The Angolan...
helping to mitigate the global effects of climate change. Thousands of tons of carbon are being sequestered by the Angolan highlands each year. But they’ve also discovered that these critical peat ecosystems are threatened by human impacts
Video examples
Peatlands Critical In...
and we're here to study the Pittman's you compare it to other soils peat is really carbon decks it's made up of partially decomposed plant material all the carbon that the plant accumulates is life it doesn't fully break down so that
Video examples
Tracking Plastic Sea to...
state with functioning forests grasslands wetlands peat bogs mangrove forests seagrass beds healthy ocean habitats so nature can continue providing all these wonderful benefits like oxygen flood protection coastal protection food
Video examples
Stonehenge Theories with...
shut the whole time no they were true in all over the place it's the first thing you learn in school drool peat rain stone yeah so I don't say UFO please don't say yes no no I had no no intention of saying you just said it
Video examples
How to grow a forest in...
which can help soil become more porous. Water can now seep in. If the soil doesn't have the capacity to hold water, we will mix some more biomass -- some water-absorbent material like peat or bagasse,
Video examples
Borneo: Paradise Under...
areas and it's quite depressing of course this is the third largest island in the world it used to be covered with dense rainforest peat swamp forests but at this rate that it has been leveled now
Video examples
This Crazy Tree Grows 40...
will be about 3 or 4 years before it's at that peak and then peat blossom unlike any other artworks that I've made these things continuously evolved I think one of the reasons why I've been
Video examples
UK National Parks in 100...
blink six seconds and six percent of our walk is through crops peat bugs are large stores of water and carbon and are home to special wetland wildlife
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Quote examples
Sabine Baring-Gould
English Clergyman
In the depths of the moor, the peat may be seen riven like floes of ice, and the rifts are sometimes twelve to fourteen feet deep, cut through black vegetable matter, the product of decay of plants through countless generations.
Quote examples
Susan Vreeland
American Author
Landscape is more than flat land covered by floodwater, the seeping of peat bogs, a river of liquid pewter viewed from a sentry tower. It's an influence on what a person values, what she is willing to sacrifice or argue for.
Quote examples
Sabine Baring-Gould
English Clergyman
In the depths of the moor, the peat may be seen riven like floes of ice, and the rifts are sometimes twelve to fourteen feet deep, cut through black vegetable matter, the product of decay of plants through countless generations.
Quote examples
Susan Vreeland
American Author
Landscape is more than flat land covered by floodwater, the seeping of peat bogs, a river of liquid pewter viewed from a sentry tower. It's an influence on what a person values, what she is willing to sacrifice or argue for.
Example 1 of 2
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