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der Torf (-e)
   peat

Torf ist ein organisches Sediment, das in Mooren entsteht.
Peat is an organic sediment that forms in moors.
Bereits vor Jahrhunderten nutzten die Anwohner der Moore Torf als Heizmaterial.
Centuries ago people who lived by moors were already using peat as heating fuel.
Die Whiskys, die von Bruichladdich und Bunnhabhain hergestellt werden, sind gemessen am Torfgehalt, die leichtesten.
The whiskeys made by Bruichladdich and Bunnhabhain are, measured by peat content, the lightest.

Related:
das Torfmoor peat bog
die Torfbeere/Moltebeere cloudberry, bakeapple (Rubus chamaemorus)
torfig peat like, with a peat aroma/taste
Torfrock German rock band ("Peat Rock"), often with songs about life in the fictional Schleswig-Holstein village of Torfmoorholm (lit. "Peatbogville")

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