sand trap

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noun

(on a golf course) a shallow pit partly filled with sand, usually located near a green, and designed to serve as a hazard.

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Origin of sand trap

First recorded in 1875–80

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How to use sand trap in a sentence

But if they all pick up the broadcast that this is where to get a free ride home, I'll have just another sand trap here.
Fee of the Frontier|Horace Brown Fyfe
They drove, and again Merle lectured upon the three reasons why his ball came to rest in a sand trap that flanked the fairway.
The Wrong Twin|Harry Leon Wilson
Sure enough, when we reached the summit there was the caddie, a mournful statue on the edge of the sand trap.
Fore!|Charles Emmett Van Loan
It was that crooked bound which broke all our hearts; for we knew that, barring a miracle, our man was in the sand trap.
Fore!|Charles Emmett Van Loan

To the left, and out of sight from the tee, is a wide sand trap, with the father of all bunkers at its far edge.
Fore!|Charles Emmett Van Loan

British Dictionary definitions for sand trap

sand trap

noun

another name (esp US) for bunker (def. 2)

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