DIVOT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A piece of turf dug out of a lawn or fairway (by an animals hooves or a golf club)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("divot" is a kind of...):

greensward; sod; sward; turf (surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots)

Domain category:

golf; golf game (a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes)

Meaning:

(golf) the cavity left when a piece of turf is cut from the ground by the club head in making a stroke

Example:

it was a good drive but the ball ended up in a divot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("divot" is a kind of...):

cavity; pit (a sizeable hole (usually in the ground))

Domain category:

golf; golf game (a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes)