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putting green

noun

, Golf.


putting green

/ ˈpʌtɪŋ /

noun

  1. (on a golf course) the area of closely mown grass at the end of a fairway where the hole is
  2. an area of smooth grass with several holes for putting games
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of putting green1

First recorded in 1840–50
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Example Sentences

Mining them, he says, would be as simple as vacuuming golf balls off a putting green.

From Time

If you yearn for that feeling, motion controls scratch that itch, especially after a year plus when the putting green was not so easily accessible.

Moments later, we came upon a bank that had been mowed like a putting green.

They came together, however, on the putting-green, and had a short walk to the next tee.

There are more bunkers lying in wait close to the putting-green.

She may be a wonder on the putting green, but she offers herself no credit for that.

Our camping place was a grassy lawn as flat and smooth as the putting green of a golf course.

He was irritated, and made no secret of it, but his irritation did not keep him from dropping the next shot on the putting green.

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