AstroTurf

See also: Astroturf and astroturf

English

Alternative forms

• Astroturf, astroturf

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.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæstɹoʊˌtɝf/

Noun

AstroTurf (uncountable)

1. A synthetic material used in sports grounds as a durable substitute for natural grass.

   Synonym: artificial turf

   • 2011, Rick Horrow, Karla Swatek, Beyond the Scoreboard: An Insider's Guide to the Business of Sport‎^[1], Human Kinetics, →ISBN:

     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.

Derived terms

• Astroturf
• astroturf
• Astroturfing
• astroturfing
• AstroTurfing

 

Translations

synthetic material — see artificial turf