links
- noun
- /lɪŋks/
:
campo de golf links
- After moving to the seaside, she discovered a stunning links course just a short drive away.
Examples
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Teeing it up: A Round at the LINKs (Hillary edition)
Blog text (30) -
He enjoys the challenge of hitting the ball on the uneven terrain of the links course.
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A Little More Than Thanks (Monday LINKS)
Blog text (17) -
The family spent the weekend playing golf at the beautiful links by the coast.
Synonyms
126
1.0
An area of land with grass and holes where people play golf
1
3.5
A grassy course on sandy seaside ground with rolling hills and few trees for playing golf
1
6.5
A golf course by the sea with sandy ground, small hills, and few trees
Compounds
1
3.5
A grassy course on sandy seaside ground with rolling hills and few trees for playing golf
Surface Forms
Etymology
Links comes from an old Scots word hlinc that meant 'ridge' or 'rising ground' by the sea, and these sandy ridges were where golf was first played. So a links is a golf course on sandy coastal land with natural dunes and few trees.