PUTTING GREEN

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does putting green mean? 

• PUTTING GREEN (noun)
  The noun PUTTING GREEN has 1 sense:

1. an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course

  Familiarity information: PUTTING GREEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUTTING GREEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

green; putting green; putting surface

Context example:

the ball rolled across the green and into the bunker

Hypernyms ("putting green" is a kind of...):

land site; site (the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located))

Holonyms ("putting green" is a part of...):

golf course; links course (course consisting of a large landscaped area for playing golf)