AstroTurf en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈæstɹoʊˌtɝf/ (General-American)
Etymology
From astro- + turf, from its namesake trademark, in turn a reference to the Astrodome stadium in Houston, the first major sports venue to install artificial turf in 1966. The venue was named by its developer Roy Hofheinz, presumably a reference to the emerging identity of Houston as Space City. Originally marketed as ChemGrass.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A synthetic material used in sports grounds as a durable substitute for natural grass.
And then there's AstroTurf. Invented in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and patented by Monsanto in 1965, AstroTurf is the world's first synthetic turf used as a sports playing surface, coming to fame—and its name—when it was put into the Houston Astrodome in 1966.
2011, Rick Horrow, Karla Swatek, Beyond the Scoreboard: An Insider's Guide to the Business of Sport, Human Kinetics, →ISBN:
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(US, alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative form of Astroturf.
alt of Astroturf
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| astroturf | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Astroturf | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
astroturf · Astroturf · astroturfing · Astroturfing · AstroTurfing