Turf may refer to:
- A colloquialism for the world of horse racing
- see Turf Club (disambiguation) for examples
- Lawn, an area of grass maintained for decorative or recreational use
- Golf course turf and other manicured sporting greens
- Sod, the surface layer of ground consisting of a mat of grass and grass roots, sometimes used as a construction material
- Artificial turf, a man-made surface manufactured from synthetic materials, made to look like natural grass
- Slang for territory, or area of jurisdiction or influence, particularly of gangs (see turf war) and as exercised by a unit within a bureaucracy
- Peat used for fuel
- Turf Tavern, a public house in Oxford, England
- Turf Hotel, a public house at the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham, Wales
- TURF Analysis, a statistical method (acronym for total unduplicated reach and frequency)
- Turf (comics), a number of comics-related items
Famous quotes containing the word turf:
“Lie lightly on her, turf and dew:
She put so little weight on you.”
—Marcus Valerius Martial (c. 40–104)
“One turf shall serve as pillow for us both;
One heart, one bed, two bosoms, and one troth.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Oh! snatch’d away in beauty’s bloom,
On thee shall press no ponderous tomb;
But on thy turf shall roses rear
Their leaves, the earliest of the year;”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)