turves

Converse of object

• cut: You may be able to cut additional turves from a nearby field.
• dig: In 1377 he complained of trespassers digging turves at Deepdale, near Scarborough.
• lay: Start laying the turves, preferably along a straight edge, butting closely end to end.
• use: Although the time to sow a new lawn has long passed you can still use turves.
• stack: The wall, as opposed to the stone structure of Hadrian's, was a rampart made from stacked turves.
• replace: Replace the grass turves and tread back into place.

Modifies a noun

• cut: Repair lawn edges or patches with turves cut from other areas of the garden.

Noun used with modifier

• peat: In Scotland, walls can be found which are made using grass turves and peat turves.
• grass: Put the grass turves back around the pond, going right up to the edge.
• heathland: This process can be hastened by additions of mown heather seed capsules, application of topsoil or by laying heathland turves.