golf club
9
1.6
- noun
- /ɡɔlf klʌb/
:
club de golf
- The charity event will take place at the city's prominent golf club next Saturday.
- a private golf club
- member of the golf club
- an exclusive golf club
Open was held this year at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, NJ.
- Open was held this year at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, NJ.
- Well, it, it just makes you realize too, like I had another funny story as, as at my Golf Club and as golfing with them.
- Yes, against a lot of people, OK, businessmen, presidents, Golf Club owners, reality show hosts.
Examples
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My mother wanted you to know that the golf club is inaugurating a prize in Rose's name.
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James persists and visits a local golf club where an experienced caddy takes him under his wing and, by the light of the moon, teaches him how to play the game.
Academic text (2002) -
Until today, the private golf club had never had a woman as a member.
Blog text (30) -
Good advice, we have now taken our business to a golf club that received us with welcoming open arms.
Blog text (33) -
Now what are they gonna do about their golf club memberships?
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You belong to a golf club, don't you?
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I followed the signs to Hanalei Bay Resort, past a golf club whose parking lot was full of cars.
Fiction book (1999) -
Everyone's dads go to golf clubs all the time.
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A couple in Montana bought a home nestled along the 18th hole of a golf course and subsequently sued the golf club and the county because they were annoyed by golf balls landing in their yard.
Blog text (1) -
Many friends enjoy their weekends together at the local golf club.
Synonyms
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1.0
A group of people who meet for a shared interest or activity
How Exclusive
81
3.6
9
1.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound follows a transparent noun+noun pattern where 'golf' specifies the type of 'club' (a club for golf), so a learner who knows both words and the idea of sports clubs can infer 'a club for playing golf'. However, 'club' is polysemous (it can mean the stick or an organization), so this potential ambiguity and reliance on world knowledge make the meaning not fully predictable for all B1 learners.
Etymology
Golf club meaning a place or organization comes from the word club, which means a 'group' of people who meet for the same interest. So a golf club is the group of members and the place where they meet to play golf and use the course and clubhouse.