turf

1. 1.

   surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots

   Synonymssodswardgreensward

   Broaderland

   Narrowerdivot
2. 2.

   the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own

   Broadercity district
3. 3.

   range of jurisdiction or influence

   “a bureaucracy...chiefly concerned with turf...and protecting the retirement system”

   Broaderjurisdiction

   colloquialism

1. 1.

   cover (the ground) with a surface layer of grass or grass roots

   Broadercover

Other forms of turf

plural

turves

past tense

turfed·

present participle

turfing·

third person

turfs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about turf

What does turf mean?

turf means "surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in turf?

turf has 1 syllable: turf. In IPA it is /ˈtɝf/.

What is another word for turf?

Close synonyms include sod, sward, greensward. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is turf a common word?

turf is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.