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GOLF COURSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Course consisting of a large landscaped area for playing golf
Synonyms:
golf course; links course
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("golf course" is a kind of...):
course (facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport)
Meronyms (parts of "golf course"):
bunker; sand trap; trap (a hazard on a golf course)
hazard (an obstacle on a golf course)
golf hole; hole (one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course)
fairway (the area between the tee and putting green where the grass is cut short)
green; putting green; putting surface (an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course)
rough (the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short)
tee; teeing ground (the starting place for each hole on a golf course)
Domain category:
golf; golf game (a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "golf course"):
golf links; links (a golf course that is built on sandy ground near a shore)
