Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peatland

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English

Syllables: peat-land
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Land with peat soil, such as an active or former bog.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: bog, bogland, marshland"
"In contrast, peatland vegetation may or may not occur in riparian settings in Minnesota. These peatlands find themselves at the water's edge on flat landforms that have paludified—the process by which peat accumulates in response to rising water tables in areas that were formerly terrestrial. As these peatlands grow both vertically and in area, they encircle lake basins or develop their own open-water drainage […]"
"Scientists have shown that palm oil is linked to such large-scale rainforest and peatland destruction that it can be hundreds of times worse for the climate than burning fossil fuels."

Etymology

From peat + land.

Inflected Forms

peatlands (plural)

Synonyms

bog bogland marshland

Questions

What does peatland mean?: Land with peat soil, such as an active or former bog.
Where does peatland come from?: From peat + land.

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