peatier

  • 1peatier — pɪːtɪ adj. smelling like peat or dried swamp matter …

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  • 2peaty — /pee tee/, adj., peatier, peatiest. of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing the substance peat. [1755 65; PEAT1 + Y1] * * * …

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  • 3tundra — /tun dreuh, toon /, n. one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America. [1835 45; < Russ túndra < Lappish; cf. Kola Lappish tundar flat elevated area] * * * Treeless, level or rolling ground …

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  • 4whatever — [[t](h)wɒte̱və(r)[/t]] ♦♦ 1) CONJ SUBORD You use whatever to refer to anything or everything of a particular type. Franklin was free to do pretty much whatever he pleased... When you re older I think you re better equipped mentally to cope with&#8230; …

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  • 5peat — noun partly decomposed vegetable matter forming a deposit on acidic, boggy ground, dried for use in gardening and as fuel. Derivatives peaty adjective (peatier, peatiest). Origin ME: from Anglo Latin peta …

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  • 6peat — [pēt] n. [ME pete &LT; ML peta, piece of turf, prob. &LT; Celt * pett , piece &GT; PIECE, Welsh peth] 1. partly decayed, moisture absorbing plant matter found in ancient bogs and swamps, used as a plant covering or fuel 2. a dried block of this&#8230; …

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