sand trap

noun

: an artificial hazard on a golf course consisting of a depression containing sand

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The $30 million, 28-story towers contained 3,000 rooms, an 18-hole rooftop miniature golf course complete with sand traps and its own hospital. Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026 The Virgin Clubhouse at Heathrow used to have a hydrotherapy, bath-steam, room-tanning, booth-ski simulator, and a four-hole putting green with a sand trap. Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025 Dredge creates underwater sand trap A dredge is being used north of the Port Everglades jetties to dig a 20- to 50-foot bowl underwater, trapping sand that would typically be lost. Nikiya Carrero, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025 Greens are guarded with some diabolical sand traps, and the usually whipping wind forces you to plot every shot. Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sand trap

Word History

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sand trap was in 1922

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“Sand trap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sand%20trap. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.

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sand trap

noun
: a hazard on a golf course consisting of a hollow containing sand
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