TEE
tee, golf tee
(noun) a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground
tee, football tee
(noun) support holding a football on end and above the ground preparatory to the kickoff
tee, teeing ground
(noun) the starting place for each hole on a golf course; “they were waiting on the first tee”
tee
(verb) connect with a tee; “tee two pipes”
tee, tee up
(verb) place on a tee; “tee golf balls”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Tee
An Ogoni language spoken in Nigeria.
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Tee
A Chinese surname.
Anagrams
• EET
Etymology 1
Noun
tee (plural tees)
The name of the Latin-script letter T.
Something shaped like the letter T.
Hyponyms: tee-shirt, tee-beam, tee-frame, tee-iron, tee-headed
(clothing) T-shirt.
Etymology 2
Verb
tee (third-person singular simple present tees, present participle teeing, simple past tow or teed, past participle town or teed)
(transitive, obsolete) To draw; lead.
(intransitive, obsolete) To draw away; go; proceed.
Etymology 3
Noun
tee (plural tees)
(golf) A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole.
(golf, baseball) A usually wooden or plastic peg from which a ball is hit.
(curling) The target area of a curling rink
The mark at which players aim in quoits.
Verb
tee (third-person singular simple present tees, present participle teeing, simple past and past participle teed)
(golf) To place a ball on a tee
Synonyms
• tee up
Etymology 4
Noun
tee (plural tees)
A finial resembling an umbrella, crowning a dagoba in Indochinese countries.
Anagrams
• EET
Source: Wiktionary
Tee, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. tja to show, mark.]
(a) The mark aimed at in curling and in quoits.
(b) The nodule of earth from which the ball is struck in golf.
Tee, n.
Definition: A short piece of pipe having a lateral outlet, used to connect
a line of pipe with a pipe at a right angle with the line; -- so
called because it resembles the letter T in shape.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition