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plural tees
The name of the Latin-script letter T. quotations examples
The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch.
1773 October, The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged
They have writing samples and examine the back loops of pees and the crosses of tees.
1985, Stephen King, Paranoid: A Chant
ETA [is spoken] as "ee-tee-ay" instead of "I SPELL Echo Tango Alfa".
2016 CCEB, Communications Instructions Radiotelephone Procedures: ACP125 (G), p. 3-5
Something shaped like the letter T. examples
(clothing) T-shirt. examples
(computing) The process of redirecting output to multiple destinations. examples
third-person singular simple present tees, present participle teeing, simple past and past participle teed
(computing) To redirect output to multiple destinations. quotations examples
[…] teeing via multiple redirects (ls > file1 > file2) […]
1997, Robin Burk, David B. Horvath, UNIX Unleashed (page 615)
(golf) A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole. examples
(sports) A usually wooden or plastic peg from which a ball is kicked or hit. quotations examples
Pollard, who went into the semifinals with an unsatisfactory 63% return from the kicking tee, turned it around splendidly against Wales and he continued that form despite missing his first attempt in the final.
2019 November 3, Liam de Carme, “Boks, you beauties”, in Sunday Times
(curling) The target area of a curling rink examples
The mark at which players aim in quoits. examples
(golf) To place a ball on a tee quotations examples
If at any hole a competitor play his first stroke from outside the limits of the teeing-ground, he shall count that stroke, tee a ball, and play his second stroke from within these limits.
1909, Walter J. Travis, Practical Golf
A finial resembling an umbrella, crowning a dagoba in Indochinese countries. examples