putting green
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- noun
- /ˈpʌtɪŋ ɡriːn/
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green de putting
- The golfer practiced his short game on the putting green before the tournament.
Examples
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The par-71 course now offers a modern clubhouse, four sets of tees, a full practice range, and three putting greens, but it has managed to maintain its unique environment.
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In the first mini-golf putting task, participants putted individually to nine different holes on an outdoor putting green.
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I think that you and I should get a putting green.
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Instead of a desk, he has a putting green.
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Every time I go to the range at my club, the chipping and putting green are empty, and the range is full.
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We see all the other little boys playing hopscotch, while little Tiger practices on the putting green.
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The experiment was conducted in 18 sessions over a 6-week period on the putting green.
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Why don't we go and build them a putting green or a clubhouse?
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The grounds contain a tennis court, a basketball court... ...a putting green, a jogging track and a swimming pool.
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Wil-Mar offers swing and playing lessons, including video analysis, a full-length practice range, and three putting greens.
Blog text (8)
Synonyms
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An area of short grass on a golf course around the hole
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An area of closely cut grass around a golf hole where players hit the ball toward the hole
How Big
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound directly combines 'putting' (the action/skill of lightly hitting a golf ball) with 'green' (a grassy area), so the meaning 'an area for putting around a hole' is transparently derived from its parts. This is a literal, compositional noun-noun construction following standard English compound formation, and a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The phrase putting green comes from golf. The word putting is from the short stroke called a 'putt' and green is the smooth, very short grass around the hole, so putting green means the smooth grass area where players make their final 'putts'.