Tee vs. The — What's the Difference?

A tee is a stand used in sport to support and elevate a stationary ball prior to striking with a foot, club or bat. Tees are used extensively in golf, tee-ball, baseball, American football, and rugby.

The ( (listen)) is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers or speakers. It is the definite article in English.

See T (sense 2)

Denoting one or more people or things already mentioned or assumed to be common knowledge

A cleared space on a golf course, from which the ball is struck at the beginning of play for each hole

Used to point forward to a following qualifying or defining clause or phrase

A mark aimed at in bowls, quoits, curling, and other similar games.

Used to make a generalized reference to something rather than identifying a particular instance

A T-shirt.

Enough of (a particular thing)

Place the ball on a tee ready to make the first stroke of the round or hole

(pronounced stressing ‘the’) used to indicate that someone or something is the best known or most important of that name or type

The letter t.

Used adverbially with comparatives to indicate how one amount or degree of something varies in relation to another

Something shaped like a T.

To that extent; by that much. Used before a comparative

(Informal) A T-shirt.

Beyond any other

Sports & Games A mark aimed at in certain games, such as curling or quoits.

1=With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

A small peg with a concave top for holding a golf ball for an initial drive.

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The designated area of each golf hole from which a player makes the first stroke.

See Thee.

A device used to stand a football on end for a kickoff.

A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their meaning.

A shaft with a concave top attached to a flat base, used to hold the ball in T-ball.

By that; by how much; by so much; on that account; - used before comparatives; as, the longer we continue in sin, the more difficult it is to reform.

To place (a ball) on a tee. Often used with up.

Something shaped like the letter T.

(clothing) T-shirt.

(golf) A flat area of ground from which players hit their first shots on a golf hole.

(sports) A usually wooden or plastic peg from which a ball is kicked or hit.

(curling) The target area of a curling rink

The mark at which players aim in quoits.

(golf) To place a ball on a tee

The mark aimed at in curling and in quoits.

A short piece of pipe having a lateral outlet, used to connect a line of pipe with a pipe at a right angle with the line; - so called because it resembles the letter T in shape.

The letter T, t; also, something shaped like, or resembling in form, the letter T.

To place (the ball) on a tee; also called to tee up.

The starting place for each hole on a golf course;

Support holding a football on end and above the ground preparatory to the kickoff

A short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground

Place on a tee;

Connect with a tee;