Turf

What “Turf” means

Noun

1. A layer of earth covered with grass; sod.
2. 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.
3. A block of peat used as fuel.
4. A thick, carpet-like bed of algae.
5. A surface of synthetic fibers made to look like grass; artificial turf.

Verb

1. To cover with turf; to create a lawn by laying turfs.
2. To throw a frisbee well short of its intended target, usually causing it to hit the ground within 10 yards of its release.
3. To fire from a job or dismiss from a task.
4. To cancel a project or product.
5. To expel, eject, or throw out; to turf out.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English turf, torf, from Old English turf (“turf, sod, soil, piece of grass-covered earth, greensward”), from Proto-West Germanic *turb (“turf, peat”), from Proto-Germanic *turbz (“turf, lawn”), from Proto-Indo-European *derbʰ- (“tuft, grass”). Cognates Cognate with Scots turr, truff (“turf, peat”), Dutch turf (“turf”), Middle Low German torf (“peat, turf”) (whence German Torf and German Low German Torf), Danish tørv (“peat”), Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish torv (“turf”), Norn *torv (“peat”), French tourbe (“peat”), Finnish turve (“turf”), Lithuanian darbas (“bunch of leaves”), durpės (“peat”), Sanskrit दर्भ (darbhá, “a type of grass”), दूर्वा (dū́rvā, “bent grass”). Not cognate with Danish torv (“square, market, marketplace”), which is instead inherited from Old Norse torg (“marketplace”), from Old East Slavic търгъ (tŭrgŭ, “trade, trading, commerce, trade square

Business name ideas with “Turf”

Industries where “Turf” fits

We suggest this word for 3 business types and industries, including:

• Landscaping Company
• Lawn Care Business
• Landscaping Services