tee

To put a golf ball on a small support before hitting it.

• Tee the ball a little higher.
• He teed up his ball and took a deep breath.
• Where should I tee it for this shot?

How to use it: tee something up (She teed the ball up before her first shot.)

Common phrases: tee a ball, tee it up

To send the same computer output to several places at once.

• Tee the output to a log file.
• The script tees each message to two destinations.
• We teed the data to the screen and a backup file.

How to use it: tee something to something (We tee the output to a file and the terminal.)

Common phrases: tee the output, tee into something

An object or part shaped like the letter T.

• Fit a tee between the pipes.
• The frame uses steel tees at the corners.
• Water flows into both branches of the tee.

Similar words: T-piece

Common phrases: pipe tee, steel tee

The name of the letter T.

• The word starts with a tee.
• She wrote a capital tee on the board.
• There are two tees in that name.

Common phrases: capital tee, lowercase tee

The target that players try to hit when throwing rings in the game of quoits.

• Aim your ring at the tee.
• Her quoit landed beside the tee.
• The players stood several steps from the tee.

Similar words: target

Common phrases: aim at tee, quoits tee

An umbrella-shaped decoration on top of a Buddhist religious tower in parts of Southeast Asia.

• A golden tee crowns the tower.
• Workers repaired the tee above the temple.
• The pagoda’s tee shone in the morning light.

Similar words: hti, finial

Common phrases: golden tee, pagoda tee