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Word entry · 5 letters

peaty

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"Boggy"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈpiːtiː/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aeptyStarts with PEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
1P2E3A4T5Y

Definitions

  1. Having the qualities, smell, or soil character of peat.

Word origin

From peat + -y.

Used in a sentence

  • The ten-year-old Ardbeg is traditionally considered the saltiest, peatiest malt on Islay (and that's saying something).
  • Many are eagerly anticipating Bruichladdich's Octomore line—intended to be the peatiest whisky from Islay (with a peating level of 129 phenol ppm in the malt in 2003).
  • The hillside at this point is composed of shaly rock overlaid with a peaty loam which carries a growth of heather, and its unstable condition has resulted in two landslides in the course of the railway's history.

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