tee

CEFRB1

/ˈtiː/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small stand used to hold a golf ball.

  2. 02

    noun

    A T-shaped piece of clothing or equipment.

Examples

  • Yanni described this creature to a tee.

  • That's a good tee shot.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Ellipsis of tee-shirt.

  2. Something shaped like the letter T.

  3. The name of the Latin script letter T/t.

More examples

In context

  • Brendan pulled a black tee over his head.

  • ETA [is spoken] as "ee-tee-ay" instead of "I SPELL Echo Tango Alfa".

  • angles and tees

Synonyms

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He placed the ball on a small wooden blank before hitting it with the club.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

* From Middle English, 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.