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peat

/piːt/ noun C1
  1. Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel. (countable, uncountable)

Plural peats

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He stood with his legs a little separated, his arms folded, his head bowed, as if he were brooding over that enormous wilderness of peat and granite which lay before him.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 125 · C1

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