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• the letter T, or a shape like that of a capital T.

• a T-shirt.

Origin: early 17th century: from the pronunciation of T1.

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

• "he smashes the ball off the 15th tee"

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

• place the ball on a tee ready to make the first stroke of the round or hole.

• "she fished in her pocket for a ball and teed it"

Origin: mid 17th century (originally Scots, as teaz ): of unknown origin. tee2 (sense 2 of the noun) is perhaps the same word as tee1.

• the twentieth letter of the alphabet.

• a shape like that of a capital T.

• "make a T-shaped wound in the rootstock and insert the cut bud"

• exactly; to perfection.
"the producers copied the UK formula to a tee"

• begin a round or hole of golf by playing the ball from a tee.
"we spend ten minutes practising putting before we tee off"

• place the ball on a tee ready to make the first stroke of the round or hole.
"he had not missed a par as he teed up for the last hole"