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[the same pronunciation, as in ‘tea’]
“Tee”, as a noun, is ‘a small plastic or wooden object that the golf players stick in the ground to support the ball before hitting it; the flat place where the golf players first hit the ball towards each hole; and also in other ball games, such as Tee ball, American football and rugby’; and also used for a T-shirt’; as a verb ~~~ tee – teed – teed, it is ‘to hit the ball towards a hole for the first time in a game of golf; {in American English} to make someone angry’,
a golf ball on a tee
e.g.
Tiger Woods, the great American golf champion, stood on the first tee and teed off with a loud applause from the crowd.
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“Tea” (noun) is ‘a popular drink made by boiling the dried leaves of an Asian bush and is drunk hot for stimulation; the bushy plant and the leaves grown mostly in Asian countries that are used to make a drink’,
a cup of tea
e.g.
It is a world-wide custom to offer tea or coffee to visitors.
I like my tea without milk.
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