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Turf may refer to:

General

Grass, either natural or artificial, including:
- Sod, the surface layer of ground consisting of a mat of grass and grass roots, sometimes used as a construction material
- Lawn, an area of grass maintained for decorative or recreational use
Peat, used for fuel
Vertisol, a type of soil, notably dark in color

Sports

Sports turf, grass surface for race tracks and athletic fields
Golf course turf and other manicured sporting greens
Horse racing, a colloquialism, but also a race held on a track surfaced with sports turf
Turf Club (disambiguation), various racing institutions

Places

Turf Hotel, a public house at the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham, Wales
Turf Moor, a football stadium in Burnley, Lancashire, England
Turf Paradise Race Course, in Phoenix, Arizona, US
Turf Tavern, a public house in Oxford, England

Other uses

Turf (video game), a location based real-time game for smartphones
TURF analysis (total unduplicated reach and frequency), a statistical method
Turf (Image Comics), a comic book from Image Comics written by Jonathan Ross, with art by Tommy Lee Edwards
Turf (cigarette), a 1950s East German brand
"Turf", a storyline in Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight

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 '''Turf'''  may refer to:
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+==General==
 * [[Grass]], either natural or artificial, including:
 ** [[Sod]], the surface layer of ground consisting of a mat of grass and grass roots, sometimes used as a construction material
 ** [[Lawn]], an area of grass maintained for decorative or recreational use
+* [[Peat]], used for fuel
-** [[Golf course turf]] and other manicured sporting greens
+* [[Vertisol]], a type of soil, notably dark in color
-** [[Artificial turf]], a man-made surface manufactured from synthetic materials, made to look like natural grass
-* [[Peat]] used for fuel
-* Slang for territory, or area of jurisdiction or influence, particularly of gangs (see [[turf war]]) and as exercised by a unit within a bureaucracy
-* [[Turf (comics)]], a number of comics-related items
-* A colloquialism for the world of [[horse racing]]
-** see [[Turf Club (disambiguation)]] for examples
+==Sports==
-'''TURF''' may refer to:
+* [[Sports turf]], grass surface for race tracks and athletic fields
-* [[TURF Analysis]], a statistical method (acronym for ''total unduplicated reach and frequency'')
+* [[Golf course turf]] and other manicured sporting greens
+* [[Horse racing]], a colloquialism, but also a race held on a track surfaced with sports turf
+* [[Turf Club (disambiguation)]], various racing institutions
-==See also==
+==Places==
 * [[Turf Hotel]], a public house at the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham, Wales
+* [[Turf Moor]], a football stadium in Burnley, Lancashire, England
+* [[Turf Paradise Race Course]], in Phoenix, Arizona, US
 * [[Turf Tavern]], a public house in Oxford, England
-* [[Turf war]], a territorial war between street gangs
+==Other uses==
-{{disambig}}
+* [[Turf (video game)|''Turf'' (video game)]], a location based real-time game for smartphones
+* [[TURF analysis]] (total unduplicated reach and frequency), a statistical method
+* [[Turf (Image Comics)|''Turf'' (Image Comics)]], a comic book from Image Comics written by Jonathan Ross, with art by Tommy Lee Edwards
+* [[Turf (cigarette)]], a 1950s East German brand
+* "Turf", a storyline in ''[[Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight#Turf (44–45)|Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight]]''
+==See also==
+*Turf can also denote an area that is being under someone's control, as in [[turf war (disambiguation)]]
+*[[Astroturfing]]
+*[[Artificial turf]]
+*[[AstroTurf]]
+*[[Poly-Turf]]
+{{disambiguation}}