noun
1 grass/lawn
ADJECTIVE
▪ green
▪ soft , springy ( esp. BrE )
▪ artificial
▪ home
▪
the team's first success of the season on home ~ ( = in their own stadium )
▪ hallowed ( BrE )
▪
the hallowed ~ of Wembley
… OF TURF
▪ piece , sod
▪
primitive dwellings made of sods of ~ and sticks
VERB + TURF
▪ cut
▪
They still cut ~ here for fuel.
▪ lay
▪
We laid ~ to create a lawn.
TURF + NOUN
▪ field ( AmE )
▪
The training area includes a synthetic ~ field,
2 ( esp. AmE ) place where sb lives, works, etc.; area of expertise
ADJECTIVE
▪ home
▪
We finally met on his home ~.
▪
The orchestra is on home ~ in this repertoire. ( figurative )
▪ familiar
▪
Supercomputers are familiar ~ for IBM.
VERB + TURF
▪ defend , protect
▪
We all protect our own ~.
▪ invade ( AmE )
▪
I don't want to invade his ~.
TURF + NOUN
▪ battle , war
▪
~ wars between different factions
PHRASES
▪ (on) sb's own ~