Word Study
divot
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun divot has 2 senses
- divot(n = noun.object) Array - (golf) the cavity left when a piece of turf is cut from the ground by the club head in making a stroke; "it was a good drive but the ball ended up in a divot" is a kind of cavity, pit
- divot(n = noun.object) Array - a piece of turf dug out of a lawn or fairway (by an animals hooves or a golf club); Array is a kind of greensward, sod, sward, turf
OXFORD DICTIONARY
divot, n.
1 a piece of turf cut out by a golf club in making a stroke.
2 esp. Sc. a piece of turf; a sod.
1 a piece of turf cut out by a golf club in making a stroke.
2 esp. Sc. a piece of turf; a sod.
Etymology
16th c.: orig. unkn.
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