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turf

/ˈtɜːf/TURF
/ˈtɝf/TURF

Meaningsod, turf

Common meaning: grassy earth

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√DARBH‘to knit or bind together’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 156, p. 735 · scan
  2. Old EnglishturfsourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishturfsource
  4. Englishturf‘grassy earth’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English turf ‘sod, turf’.

Roots

  • turf Old English “sod, turf”

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