1
: turf sense 1
also
: the grass- and forb-covered surface of the ground
2
: one's native land
Synonyms
Noun (1)
Noun (2)
- bastard
- beast
- bleeder [British]
- blighter [chiefly British]
- boor
- bounder
- bugger
- buzzard
- cad
- chuff
- churl
- clown
- creep
- cretin
- crud [slang]
- crumb [slang]
- cur
- dirtbag [slang]
- dog
- fink
- heel
- hound
- jerk
- joker
- louse
- lout
- pill
- rat
- rat fink
- reptile
- rotter
- schmuck [slang]
- scum
- scumbag [slang]
- scuzzball [slang]
- skunk
- sleaze
- sleazebag [slang]
- sleazeball [slang]
- slime
- slimeball [slang]
- slob
- snake
- so-and-so
- stinkard
- stinker
- swine
- toad
- varmint
- vermin
Examples of sod in a Sentence
Noun (1)
a sentimental journey back to the old sod
Noun (2)
he's a nasty old sod who never has a nice thing to say about anybody
Recent Examples on the Web
Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2024
After the building is dismantled and the debris is removed, the site will be leveled and covered with sod, a district spokeswoman said.
—Jimena Tavel, Miami Herald, 14 June 2024
Ernie Suggs, ajc, 26 July 2021
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Noun
And do check the sod, as bermudagrass may be traveling with the new turf, too.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2024
After the building is dismantled and the debris is removed, the site will be leveled and covered with sod, a district spokeswoman said.
—Jimena Tavel, Miami Herald, 14 June 2024
Verb
The protesters want the city to clean up the cemetery, put up gravemarkers and re-sod the area that workers destroyed with the dirt piles.
—Ernie Suggs, ajc, 26 July 2021
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“Sod.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sod. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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sod
1 of 2 noun1
a
b
: the grass-covered and herb-covered surface of the ground
2
: one's native land
sod
2 of 2 verb
sodded; sodding
: to cover with sod or turfs
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