: an artificial hazard on a golf course consisting of a depression containing sand
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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 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 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 See All Example Sentences for sand trap