Thatch vs Turf - What's the difference?
thatch | turf |
Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn.
To cover the roof with straw, reed, leaves, etc.
A layer of earth covered with grass; sod.
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A piece of such a layer cut from the soil and used to make a lawn.
(label) A sod of peat used as fuel.
(label) The territory claimed by a person, gang, etc. as their own.
A racetrack; or the sport of racing horses.
to create a lawn by laying turfs
(Ultimate Frisbee) To throw a frisbee well short of its intended target, usually causing it to hit the ground within 10 yards of its release.
(business) To fire from a job or dismiss from a task.
(business) To cancel a project or product.
As nouns the difference between thatch and turf
is that thatch is straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain while turf is a layer of earth covered with grass; sod.As verbs the difference between thatch and turf
is that thatch is to cover the roof with straw, reed, leaves, etc while turf is to create a lawn by laying turfs.thatch
English
Etymology 1
Variant of (thack), from (etyl) .Noun
Synonyms
* (Straw for covering roofs or stacks) haulmEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Verb
(es)turf
English
Noun
Derived terms
* artificial turf * AstroTurf * turf accountant * turf bank * turfen * turfyVerb
(en verb)- Eight managers were turfed after the merger of the two companies.
- The company turfed the concept car because the prototype performed poorly.
