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sand trap

noun

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

Examples of sand trap in a Sentence

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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 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 Players also need strategies for getting around objects in front of them on the course, such as trees, ponds and sand traps, which are also known as bunkers. Patrick Tutka, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2025 In the video, Trump pulls his golf cart to a stop in the rough before of a sand trap. Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 28 July 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 29 Nov. 2025.

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sand trap

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