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  • 21turf — n. & v. n. (pl. turfs or turves) 1 a a layer of grass etc. with earth and matted roots as the surface of grassland. b a piece of this cut from the ground. 2 a slab of peat for fuel. 3 (prec. by the) a horse racing generally. b a general term for… …

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  • 22earth — noun 1) the moon orbits the earth Syn: world, globe, planet 2) a trembling of the earth Syn: land, ground, terra firma; floor 3) he plowed the earth Syn …

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  • 23earth — noun 1) the moon orbits the earth Syn: world, globe, planet 2) a trembling of the earth Syn: land, ground, terra firma, floor 3) he ploughed the earth Syn …

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  • 24earth — Synonyms and related words: Earth, Gaea, Ge, Tellus, Terra, abri, acres, air, air raid shelter, alluvion, alluvium, arable land, ashes, atom, atomic particles, billiard table, biosphere, body, bomb shelter, bombproof, bones, bowling green, brute… …

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  • 25turf — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sod, sward; peat; racetrack; slang, territory, neighborhood (see region). See arena, vegetable. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. earth, peat, lawn; see grass 1 , sod . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. 1 …

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  • 26earth hummock —    A type of hummock consisting predominantly of a core of silty and clayey mineral soil and showing evidence of cryoturbation. Earth hummocks are a type of nonsorted circle.    Compare: turf hummock, hummock [ patterned ground ], nonsorted… …

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  • 27turf hummock —    A hummock consisting of vegetation and organic matter with or without a core of mineral soil or stones (typically 10 50 cm height; 20 90 cm diameter). Groups of hummocks can form a type of patterned ground common to tundra or wet areas (e.g.,… …

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  • 28earth — n. 1. World, globe, terrestrial ball, terraqueous orb. 2. Soil, ground, land, clod, turf, sod. 3. World, mankind, inhabitants of the globe. 4. This world, nature, natural order, temporal things, transitory state …

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  • 29earth — n 1. globe, sphere, planet, world, biosphere, terrene. 2. dry land, terra firma, terra, solid ground. 3. ground, soil, topsoil, subsoil; dirt, clay, gravel, loam, humus, mud; turf, clod, sod. 4. mankind, people, all the peoples of the world, the… …

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  • 30turf — Sod. A layer of earth with grass growing upon it and the roots of the grass matted within it. A track for horse racing. See common of turbary …

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