Home › Glossary › Letter T

tee

Games
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

Want to hear it? Click the Listen button to hear the browser speak the word using text-to-speech!

The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Tee is the starting point of a hole in golf, or the small peg on which the ball is placed for the first stroke.

Detailed Definition
Tee appears in poetry as a elevated emblem of the beginning and the prepared start of the shot. In literary contexts it represents the point of departure. Poets draw on the tee to illustrate themes of the first swing, the elevated ball, and the cultural marker that has framed the poetry of the hole and the initiation of the play.
Example
Example in poetry:
The tee of the golf hole appears as the elevated and prepared beginning of each unit of play; Verse of the course uses the small peg or the mown platform for the moment before the first stroke; “He placed the ball upon the tee as if placing a thought upon the only possible starting point” illustrates initiated intention; Educational examples present the term as both the object and the place; Poets keep the tee when the journey must begin from a clear and raised position.
Additional Notes
Tee, as the starting point of the golf hole or the small peg that elevates the ball, supplies poets with an image of prepared and raised beginning. The term’s dual sense—place and object—allows productive ambiguity. Teachers may invite students to notice the difference between the tee as ground and the tee as the perishable peg. Related starting points include the general language of the first stroke. The image works best when the journey must begin from a clear and elevated position.
Also Known As
Starting Point Launching Pad Initial Spot T-Shirt
Skip to main content