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peatlike

peatlike adjective: of or resembling peat; peaty.

Adjective

peatlike (comparative more peatlike, superlative most peatlike)

  1. Of or resembling peat; peaty.
    • In the few areas underlain by horizontally bedded limestone, the surface soil is dark gray to black and peatlike, and the subsoil gray and marllike.1954, Soil survey of Wise County, Virginia, page 28

Forms of peatlike

comparativemore peatlike
superlativemost peatlike

Origin of peatlike

From peat + -like.

Questions about peatlike

What does peatlike mean?
Peatlike means of or resembling peat; peaty.
What part of speech is peatlike?
Peatlike is an adjective.

Words near peatlike in the dictionary

  1. peatiness
  2. peating
  3. peatland
  4. peatlands
  5. peatless
  6. peatlike
  7. Peatling Magna
  8. peatman
  9. peatmen
  10. peatmoss
  11. peatmosses

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