sand trap

noun

: an artificial hazard on a golf course consisting of a depression containing sand

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Jones installed artificial turf on his property to imitate a golf green, as well as a sand trap, which is not actual sand, but turf colored to look like it, Russo said. Kayla Mutchler, Connecticut Post, 1 Nov. 2024 Spirit lasted six years before getting stuck in a sand trap and sending its final communications in 2010. Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2024 While at work on the golf course over the July Fourth weekend, Siller noticed a white pickup truck had driven onto the 10th green of the country club and was hanging over the edge of a sand trap. Gabriele Regalbuto, Fox News, 3 July 2024 There was scraggly grass in one sand trap and wooden blocks and a toy castle in another, evidence of children at play. Cara Buckley, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sand trap 

Word History

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sand trap was in 1922

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“Sand trap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sand%20trap. Accessed 16 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

sand trap

noun
: a hazard on a golf course consisting of a hollow containing sand
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