How to say "sod" in Japanese

• 芝しばJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounCovers 'sod' in its grass sense: the turf or lawn of a garden, park, or ball field. It is the broader term, serving for the surface as a whole and for the grass plants themselves.
  母ははは私に芝しばを刈かるように言いった。↗

  Mother told me to mow the lawn.
• 芝草しばくさCommon
  nounAlso means lawn, sod, or turf, with the emphasis on the grass that makes it up; typical contexts are gardening and grounds care, where the grass itself is under discussion. Largely interchangeable with 芝.

For 'sod' in the grassy, turf sense — a lawn or a layer of grass and soil — use 芝, the broader term, or 芝草 when the grass plants themselves are in focus; neither covers the British slang 'sod' for a person.

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• 芝しばlawn
• 芝草しばくさlawn
• 平芝ひらしばsod