GOLF COURSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does golf course mean? 

• GOLF COURSE (noun)
  The noun GOLF COURSE has 1 sense:

1. course consisting of a large landscaped area for playing golf

  Familiarity information: GOLF COURSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GOLF COURSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Course consisting of a large landscaped area for playing golf

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

golf course; links course

Hypernyms ("golf course" is a kind of...):

course (facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport)

Meronyms (parts of "golf course"):

bunker; sand trap; trap (a hazard on a golf course)

hazard (an obstacle on a golf course)

golf hole; hole (one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course)

fairway (the area between the tee and putting green where the grass is cut short)

green; putting green; putting surface (an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course)

rough (the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short)

tee; teeing ground (the starting place for each hole on a golf course)

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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "golf course"):

golf links; links (a golf course that is built on sandy ground near a shore)