sand trap

sand trap
noun
a hazard on a golf course
• Syn: ↑bunker, ↑trap
• Derivationally related forms: ↑bunker (for: ↑bunker)
• Hypernyms: ↑hazard
• Part Holonyms: ↑golf course, ↑links course

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noun
1. : a device for separating sand from water
2. : an artificial hazard on a golf course often near a green consisting of a depression containing sand — see bunker

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(on a golf course) a shallow pit partly filled with sand, usually located near a green, and designed to serve as a hazard.
[1875-80]

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sand trap noun
1. A bunker on a golf course
2. A sand table
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Main Entry: ↑sand

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sand trap,
a shallow pit filled with sand on a golf course, usually near a green and serving as a hazard: »

Great Britain's Prime Minister Harold Macmillan (in the low 80s) ... can be reduced to hopeless and despairing silence when three tries fail to get him out of a sand trap (Newsweek).

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noun, pl ⋯ traps [count]
US golf : an area on a golf course that is filled with sand : ↑bunker

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ˈsand trap [sand trap] (also trap) noun (both NAmE)
= ↑bunker
See also: ↑trap

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • Sand trap — Sand Sand, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.] 1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sand trap — sand′ trap n. (on a golf course) a shallow pit partly filled with sand and designed to serve as a hazard • Etymology: 1875–80 …   From formal English to slang

  • sand trap — ☆ sand trap n. a pit or trench filled with sand, serving as a hazard on a golf course …   English World dictionary

  • sand trap — {n.} A low place on a golf course that is filled with sand to stop the ball. * /The golfer lost four strokes trying to get the ball out of the sand trap./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • sand trap — {n.} A low place on a golf course that is filled with sand to stop the ball. * /The golfer lost four strokes trying to get the ball out of the sand trap./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • sand\ trap — noun A low place on a golf course that is filled with sand to stop the ball. The golfer lost four strokes trying to get the ball out of the sand trap …   Словарь американских идиом

  • Sand trap — A sand trap can be:*Bunker (golf), a hazard in the game of golf *Catch points, designed to stop runaway railroad cars *Run off area, designed to stop runaway race cars …   Wikipedia

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  • sand trap — noun a) A sand filled hollow, on a golf course, used as a hazard; a bunker b) A basin that prevents the passage of sand etc into a drainage system …   Wiktionary

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