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Meanings of peat moor in English

Wetland where peat is extracted.

Synonyms
Examples for "peat bog"
Examples for "peat bog"
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A problem is in agreeing how much a peat bog emits.
Reuters
2
Well, they'd been buried in a peat bog for who knows how long.
Walking dead
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There is not much point trying to drive a Ferrari through a peat bog.
The Irish Times
4
It is an unusual type of wetland- araisedpeat bog.
The new yorker
5
It is much harder to restore a peat bog than to replant a forest.
The Guardian
1
A coal seam is a fossil peat bed.
The Elements of Geology
2
Peat beds have sometimes a thickness of ten or twelve yards, or even more.
The Earth as Modified by Human Action
3
The same process appears to be going on in a similar manner to-day in the peat beds of various northern countries.
The Story of Germ Life
4
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Through the Mackenzie Basin / A Narrative of the Athabasca and P...
5
On the basis that peat loses four fifths of its bulk in changing to coal, we may reckon the thickness of these ancient peat beds.
The Elements of Geology
Usage of peat moor in English
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The rich Morten Bruns covets poor Ole Anderson's peat moor and pasture land.
The Lock and Key Library: The Most Interesting Stories of All Na...
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Poor Ole Anderson keeps his peat moor and his pasture land, but rich Morten Bruus is angry at me because of it.
The Lock and Key Library: The Most Interesting Stories of All Na...
3
Restoring peat moors may be a relatively inexpensive way of tackling climate change, by blocking up drainage ditches and bringing back vegetation to the moors.
The Guardian