Peat (4 letters)

{ Answer }

TURF

{ Related Clues }

Sport of horse racing, with "the"
What a gang protects
Gang's home territory
Course for some thoroughbreds
Young hood's neighborhood
Race track
Piece of earth
A ground for running
Sward
Sod
Gang land
Gang's area
Street gang's territory
Bailiwick
Gang's domain
Stamping ground
Gang's neighborhood
Home street, to a gang
Peat, for one
Gang territory
Race track, with "the"
Home territory

{ Tags }

area, bailiwick, gang, gangs, ground, home, horse, land, neighborhood, peat, piece, race, racing, sod, sport, street, territory, track, turf, what, young

{ Notes }

The answer TURF is common and appears about once every 350 puzzles.

{ Definition }

TURF as a noun:

1. (turf, sod, sward, greensward) = surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots

2. the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own

3. range of jurisdiction or influence; "a bureaucracy...chiefly concerned with turf...and protecting the retirement system"

TURF as a verb:

1. cover (the ground) with a surface layer of grass or grass roots