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Antonyms for turf

Grammar : Noun
Spell : turf
Phonetic Transcription : tÉœrf

Definition of turf

Origin :
  • Old English turf, tyrf "slab of soil and grass," also "surface of grassland," from Proto-Germanic *turb- (cf. Old Norse torf, Danish tørv, Old Frisian turf, Old High German zurba, German Torf), from PIE root *drbh- (cf. Sanskrit darbhah "tuft of grass").
  • French tourbe "turf" is a Germanic loan-word. The Old English plural was identical with the singluar, but in Middle English turves sometimes was used. Slang meaning "territory claimed by a gang" is attested from 1953 in Brooklyn, N.Y.; earlier it had a jive talk sense of "the street, the sidewalk" (1930s), which is attested in hobo use from 1899, and before that "the work and venue of a prostitute" (1860). Turf war is recorded from 1962.
  • noun earth
  • noun territory
  • noun grounds
Example sentences :
  • Well, sir, the next week I found him stealing my turf again!
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Telephassa bade him sit down on the turf beside her, and then she took his hand.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Where have you lived, my lady, all your life, not to know a turf stack when you see it?
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • The origin of these turf monuments is still a matter of controversy.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • But light be the turf upon his breast who taught "Reverence thyself!"
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • But, dearest Lady Madeleine, think of dancing on the turf, and I feel so well!
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • Nobody, however, now thinks of the bodies that once slept under that turf.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • Mrs. Ray still sat before the turf fire and gazed into it in silence.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • Going to a turf pit, he dipped both hands in the dub, and brought some water.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • The scars of the turf were still unhealed, and the glist of the spade was on the grass.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

Synonyms for turf

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