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Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs...

A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials – often mosses, typically sphagnum moss. It is one of the four...

"KPMG" stands for "Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler". The initialism was chosen when KMG (Klynveld Main Goerdeler) merged with Peat Marwick in 1987. The firm...

In sports (especially in North America), a three-peat is winning three consecutive championships or tournaments. The term, a portmanteau of the words three...

Look up Peat or peat in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Peat is an accumulation of decayed vegetation matter. Peat may also refer to: Peat (surname)...

Peat and Diesel are a three-piece band from Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, comprising Calum “Boydie” MacLeod, Innes Scott and Uilly Macleod...

bog moss and quacker moss (although that term is also sometimes used for peat). Accumulations of Sphagnum can store water, since both living and dead plants...

Peat is an English patronymic surname. People with the name Peat include: Andrus Peat (born 1993), American football player Arthur Peat (1940–2012), English...

Private Peat is a lost 1918 American silent biographical drama film directed by Edward José and written by and starring Harold R. Peat. It was produced...

Andrus Jamerson Peat (born November 4, 1993) is an American football guard for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He played the...

Stephen Boyd Peat (born March 10, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger. He played 130 games in the National Hockey League with the...

Marion Todd Peat Sr. (born May 20, 1964) is a former professional American football offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL). He played...

The name coco peat may refer either to coir or the pith or a mixture, as both have good water-retaining properties as a substitute for peat. The name coir...

Sir William Barclay Peat CVO (15 February 1852 – 24 January 1936) was an accountant and one of the founders of KPMG. Peat born in Forebank, St Cyrus,...

Valerie Peat (30 April 1947 – 14 May 1997) was a British international sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics. She...

other combustible biomass material (e.g. charcoal, sawdust, wood chips, peat, or paper) used for fuel and kindling to start a fire. The term derives from...

Finland is one of the last countries in the world still burning peat. Peat has high global warming emissions and environmental concerns. It can be compared...

formerly used as the premiere instrument in this ensemble, and vadya/ padya/ peat (វាទ្យ) referring to an ensemble of instruments. According to Sonankavei...

soils consist of organic matter from decaying plants, forming layers of peat. Peatlands arise because of incomplete decomposition of organic matter, usually...

Peat Wax is a dark waxy substance extracted from peat using organic solvents. It is very similar to the coal derived Montan wax and therefore has similar...