turf

Meaning of turf

noun
  1. A layer of earth covered with grass; sod.
  2. A piece of such a layer cut from the soil. May be used as sod to make a lawn, dried for peat, stacked to form earthen structures, etc.
  3. A sod of peat used as fuel.
  4. The territory claimed by a person, gang, etc. as their own.
  5. (with "the") A racetrack; or the sport of racing horses.
verb
  1. To cover with turf; to create a lawn by laying turfs.
  2. (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.
  3. To fire from a job or dismiss from a task.
    Eight managers were turfed after the merger of the two companies.
  4. To cancel a project or product.
    The company turfed the concept car because the prototype performed poorly.
  5. To expel, eject, or throw out; to turf out.
  6. To transfer or attempt to transfer (a patient or case); to eschew or avoid responsibility for.

Information about turf

Hyphenation of turf

turf

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • turf is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

turf synonyms

Meaning sod:

sod, sward, greensward

Words that rhyme with turf

returf, unturf, AstroTurf, Astroturf, underturf, lilyturf

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