Definition of TEE

tee

Meanings

Plural: tees

Noun

  • the starting place for each hole on a golf course
    • "they were waiting on the first tee"
  • support holding a football on end and above the ground preparatory to the kickoff
  • a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground
  • The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.
  • Something shaped like the letter T.
  • T-shirt.
  • The process of redirecting output to multiple destinations.
  • A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole.
  • A usually wooden or plastic peg from which a ball is kicked or hit.
  • The target area of a curling rink.
  • The mark at which players aim in quoits.
  • A finial resembling an umbrella, crowning a dagoba in Indochinese countries.

Verb

  • place on a tee
    • "tee golf balls"
  • connect with a tee
    • "tee two pipes"
  • To redirect output to multiple destinations.
  • To place a ball on a tee
  • To tteach, educate, train, bring up.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

football tee, golf tee, tee up, teeing ground

Scrabble Score: 3

tee is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
tee is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tee is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 3

tee is a valid Words With Friends word