tee

Noun

• a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground

• support holding a football on end and above the ground preparatory to the kickoff

• the starting place for each hole on a golf course
  • they were waiting on the first tee
    

Verb

• connect with a tee
  • tee two pipes
    

• place on a tee
  • tee golf balls
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  golf tee , football tee , teeing ground , tee up