Turf
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English
Noun
Turf (plural Turfs or turves)- a layer of earth covered with grass; sod
- a piece of such a layer cut from the soil and used to make a lawn
- (Irish) a sod of peat used as fuel.
- (slang) the territory claimed by a person, gang, etc. as their own
- a racetrack; or the sport of racing horses
Verb
Turf (third-person singular simple present Turfs, present participle Turfing, simple past and past participle Turfed)
- to create a lawn by laying turfs
- (Ultimate Frisbee) To throw a frisbee well short of its intended target, usually causing it to hit the ground within 10 yards of its release.
- (business) To fire from a job or dismiss from a task.
- Eight managers were turfed after the merger of the two companies.
- (business) To cancel a project or product.
- The company turfed the concept car because the prototype performed poorly.
Adjectives for Turf
trodden; moss-inwoven; firm; flowery; frost-bit; close-cropped; wet; spongy; emerald; springing; fine; mountain; ragged; crisp; compact; unscarred.
Thesaurus
alcohol, ambit, archery ground, area, athletic field, backyard, badminton court, bailiwick, banish, baseball field, basketball court, benzine, billiard parlor, bounce, bowling alley, bowling green, briquette, burnable, butane, carbon, charcoal, coal, coke, combustible, constituency, course, court, cricket ground, croquet ground, croquet lawn, diamond, dismiss, divot, dope, eject, ethane, ethanol, exile, expel, fairway, field, fire, fireball, firing, flammable, flammable material, football field, footing, fuel, fuel additive, fuel dope, gas, gas carbon, gasoline, glaciarium, golf course, golf links, grass, green, greensward, gridiron, gym, gymnasium, heptane, hexane, ice rink, infield, inflammable, inflammable material, isooctane, jet fuel, kerosene, lawn, links, methane, methanol, natural gas, octane, oil, orbit, oust, outfield, oval, paraffin, peat, pentane, playground, playing field, playroom, polo ground, pool hall, poolroom, propane, propellant, putting green, racecourse, racing, racket court, region, rink, rocket fuel, sack, skating rink, soccer field, sod, sphere, sphere of influence, squash court, stamping ground, stretch, sward, tennis court, territory, the turf, throw out, track, vantage
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)f
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Dutch
Noun
Turf
- peat.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʏrf
