tee

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the starting place for each hole on a golf course
  2. noun support holding a football on end and above the ground preparatory to the kickoff
  3. noun a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground

Etymology

* From Middle English [Term?], from Old English te, from Latin tē (the name of the letter T). * (computing): By analogy with a T-shaped pipe that sends fluids in two directions.

In classic literature

Synonyms

teeing ground

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