sand wedge
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4.1
- noun
- /sænd wɛdʒ/
- Specialized
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- "So I figured I'd go with the sand wedge," he said after the briefest of pauses, "because, as I say, it was no more than sixty, sixty-five yards to the hole, and the water hazard there was really hairy; you should have seen it, fifty yards wide itself and with probably a thousand golf balls down at the bottom of it..."
- hit a sand wedge
- use the sand wedge
- sand wedge 90 yards
Examples
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To escape the sand trap, he skillfully used his sand wedge to lift the ball high into the air.
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That is... a sand wedge.
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I'm holding a sand wedge.
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She's having a little sand wedge.
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If you don't carry some type of sand wedge, you probably should since it's designed to help improve your success in the sand.
Blog text (32) -
Sand wedge or intermediate pitching wedge.
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They are also available in a 55-degree sand wedge and a 60-degree lob wedge that use TaylorMade's ATV sole grind.
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When hitting from the bunker, a sand wedge is essential for getting the ball onto the green.
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She chose her sand wedge to ensure a soft landing for her shot from the sandy area.
Synonyms
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5.7
A golf club with a high face used for short shots onto the green
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Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'sand' and 'wedge' — a wedge (club) intended for use in sand traps; the compound names the object by its material/usage. This is a straightforward noun+noun compound following regular English composition, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the golf-club sense.
Etymology
Sand wedge comes from golfers making a special club to get balls out of sand. The word wedge names a heavy, angled club that lifts the ball, so the name now means the club used to 'lift the ball out of sand traps'.