Usually means: Grass and soil layer together.
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We found 41 dictionaries that define the word turf:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. turf: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. turf, the turf: Merriam-Webster
  3. turf, the turf: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. turf: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. turf, the turf: Collins English Dictionary
  6. turf: Vocabulary.com
  7. Turf, turf: Wordnik
  8. turf, the turf: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. turf: Wiktionary
  10. turf: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. turf: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. turf: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. turf, the turf: Dictionary.com
  14. turf (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. turf: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Turf (Image Comics), Turf (cigarette), Turf (disambiguation), Turf (video game), Turf: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Turf: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. turf: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. turf: Rhymezone
  20. turf, turf (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. turf: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Turf: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. turf: FreeDictionary.org
  24. turf: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. turf: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Turf: Artist Search

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. turf: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. turf: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. TURF: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. turf: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Bryological (No longer online)

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. turf, turf: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. turf: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)
  4. Turf: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade

(Note: See turfed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (uncountable) A layer of earth covered with grass; sod.
noun:  (countable) 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.
noun:  (countable) A block of peat used as fuel.
noun:  (uncountable, countable) A thick, carpet-like bed of algae.
noun:  (uncountable, specifically) A surface of synthetic fibers made to look like grass; artificial turf.
noun:  (uncountable, slang) A territory claimed by a gang as their own.
noun:  (uncountable, by extension) A person's domain or sphere of influence.
noun:  (uncountable, with "the", sports) A racetrack, hippodrome.
noun:  (uncountable, with "the", sports) The sport of racing horses.
verb:  To cover with turf; to create a lawn by laying turfs.
verb:  (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.
verb:  (business) To fire from a job or dismiss from a task.
verb:  (business) To cancel a project or product.
verb:  (informal, transitive) To expel, eject, or throw out; to turf out.
verb:  (medical slang, transitive) To transfer or attempt to transfer (a patient or case); to eschew or avoid responsibility for.

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