Synonyms for sod

Grammar : Noun

Spell : sod

Phonetic Transcription : sɒd

Top 10 synonyms for sod

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Définition of sod

Origin : "turf, slice of earth with grass on it," mid-15c., apparently from Middle Dutch sode "turf," or Middle Low German sode, both related to Old Frisian satha "sod," all of uncertain origin. Perhaps the notion is water saturation and the group is related to sog. The (old) sod "Ireland" is from 1812.

noun clod
noun grass

Example sentences :

Then with sod and earth he covered it all over so as to hide it from view.
Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis

I've heard the boys say that he would be undher the sod that day six months.
Extract from : « The Macdermots of Ballycloran » by Anthony Trollope

A semi-circular section of the sod where Helen had stood was missing.
Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

It may be an archery target, a sack full of straw, or a sod bank.
Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America

By another method two acres a day on the sod have been planted.
Extract from : « Cattle and Their Diseases » by Robert Jennings

This sod hut was about twelve feet high and eight feet in diameter.
Extract from : « The Land of the Long Night » by Paul du Chaillu

Are we two going to quarrel about a phrase while our clansmen's blood is crying from the sod?
Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro

At the latter place we built a sod fort and I was in charge.
Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various

Alschiroch fell lifeless on the sod, and Miriam fainting into her brother's arms.
Extract from : « Alroy » by Benjamin Disraeli

We have raised about thirty bushels to the acre, which is very well for sod.
Extract from : « The Master-Knot of Human Fate » by Ellis Meredith

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