peaty

[ pee-tee ]

adjective

, peat·i·er, peat·i·est.

1. of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing the substance peat.

Word History and Origins

Origin of peaty¹

First recorded in 1755–65; peat ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

The peaty black soil in the delta made it the top asparagus-growing region in the state and — at one point — the nation.

From Los Angeles Times

All I can see are rolling hills and the peaty landscape into which my boots are slowly sinking.

From BBC

Dr Blackwell said this was because the insects breed in damp, peaty soil which naturally occurs in the western half of the country.

From BBC

Archeologist Frank Cushing, who led an 1896 expedition that unearthed it from peaty muck in Marco Island, south of Naples, called it the “mountain lion god.”

From National Geographic

The smell of burning tyres is caused by the brown coal in the area's peaty soil which is fuelling the fire underground.

From Reuters