turves
turves
Definition
turves (tʉrvz)
noun
Archaic turf
turves
Usage Examples
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.
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