sand trap
nounDefinition of sand trap
: an artificial hazard on a golf course consisting of a depression containing sand
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Connor O’Brian 18 of Irvine, gets out of the sand trap in ,hole two, during Championship Flight play at the 47th annual Will Jordan Classic/Costa Mesa City Championships Golf Tournament, at Costa Mesa Country Club in Costa Mesa on Saturday, Aug,. — Andrew Turner, Daily Pilot, "Jim Jones has hot putter in Costa Mesa City Championship," 3 Aug. 2019 All of the above is a tee up for a drive directly into the sand trap of guilt. — Ellie Krieger, Houston Chronicle, "Here are the diet terms that make dietitians cringe," 19 June 2019 It’s used for glass, casting in foundries, even playgrounds and golf course sand traps. — Geoffrey Giller, Discover Magazine, "The Midwestern Sand Mines Feeding the Fracking Industry," 26 Apr. 2019 All of the above is a tee up for a drive directly into the sand trap of guilt. — Ellie Krieger, Washington Post, "There’s no such thing as ‘bad food.’ Four terms that make dietitians cringe.," 5 June 2019 The Spirit rover, mired in a Martian sand trap, was shut down in 2011. — Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ, "NASA Calls It Quits for Opportunity Mars Rover After 15-Year Mission," 13 Feb. 2019 Shots long are likely to find one of four large sand traps. — Brent Kennedy, baltimoresun.com, "Hunt Valley Country Club," 11 July 2018 In 2010, the $400-million Mars rover Spirit ended six years of exploration when its wheels got ensnared in a sand trap. — David L. Hu, WSJ, "Robot Design Goes Back to Nature," 9 Nov. 2018 The practice area is expansive, featuring two practice putting greens on opposite sides of the clubhouse to go along with a separate chipping green with sand traps down closer to the driving range. — Brent Kennedy, baltimoresun.com, "The Woodlands Golf Course," 11 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sand trap.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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