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noun div·ot \ ˈdi-vət \

Definition of divot

1 Scotland :a square of turf or sod

2 :a loose piece of turf (such as one dug from a golf fairway in making a shot)

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That's a crucial area where the Essential Phone differs: there's no strip across the top, just a small divot in the display top.

— lisa eadicicco, Time, "Review: The Creator of Android Made a Phone That Dumps All the Annoying Extras," 28 Aug. 2017
A divot — most likely broken — marked the lamp's low end, and shallow notches appeared to have been excised in the rock on each side of the oval.

— clark fair, Alaska Dispatch News, "Solving the mystery of Dad’s ancient stone lamp and sending an Alaska artifact home," 26 Aug. 2017
Working one at a time, flatten into a pancake and make a divot in the center.

— Bon Appetit, "Sesame Balls (Jian Dui)," 15 Aug. 2017
Then the pork is chopped on a cutting board that has a giant divot from years of chopping.

— andy staples, SI.com, "America's Best College Town Meals," 9 Aug. 2017
See two polo matches, join the divot stomp with wine or champagne in hand, and hear live music from Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers and Redray Frazier Band.

— OregonLive.com, "Providence Bridge Pedal and 9 more things to do in Portland," 9 Aug. 2017
Aside from the lackluster driving personality discussed above, the Karma Revero is just plain weird inside, with a triangular faux-crystal gear selector and un-ergonomic divot buttons for Park, Reverse, Neutral, and Drive.

— hannah elliott, Bloomberg.com, "Don’t Buy a Karma Revero, Buy a Tesla Instead. Or Anything Else.," 4 Aug. 2017
A divot in the mound where his right leg was landing on the mound was concerning him during his warmup.

— stefan stevenson, star-telegram, "Rangers reaction: On the bright side, second half off to good start," 17 July 2017
Every match changes the court, as gameplay rips divots into the surface or players kick up grass, exposing gray dirt all along the baseline.

— chloé cooper jones, GQ, "Watching Roger Federer Means Witnessing Beauty and Cruelty," 17 July 2017

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Origin and Etymology of divot

alteration of earlier Scots devat, from Middle English (Scots) duvat

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: a loose piece of grass and dirt that is dug out of the ground when the ground is struck by something (such as a golf club)

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