tee

1. 1.

   the starting place for each hole on a golf course

   “they were waiting on the first tee”

   Synonymsteeing ground

   Broadersite

   Part ofgolf course
2. 2.

   support holding a football on end and above the ground preparatory to the kickoff

   Synonymsfootball tee

   Broadersupport
3. 3.

   a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground

   Synonymsgolf tee

   Broaderpeggolf equipment

1. 1.

   place on a tee

   “tee golf balls”

   Synonymstee up

   Broaderput

   golf

2. 2.

   connect with a tee

   “tee two pipes”

   Broaderconnect

Other forms of tee

plural

tees·

past tense

teed·

present participle

teeing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tee

What does tee mean?

tee means "the starting place for each hole on a golf course". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tee?

tee has 1 syllable: tee. In IPA it is /ˈti/.

What is another word for tee?

Close synonyms include teeing ground, football tee, golf tee, tee up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tee a common word?

tee is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with tee?

66 words rhyme with tee. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.