(tē) noun
1. The letter T.
2. Something resembling the form of the letter T.
3. Mining The point of the meeting of two veins lying nearly at right angles to each other without intersecting.
—adjective T-shaped. [OE te <L te, name of the letter T]

(tē) noun
1. A little cone, as of damp sand or of wood, on which a golf ball is placed in making the first play to a hole.
2. The teeing ground in golf.
—v.t. & v.i. teed, tee·ing To place (the ball) on a tee before striking it.
—to tee off To strike (the ball) in starting play. [Prob. <TEE³]

(tē) noun
In certain games, a mark toward which the balls, quoits, etc., are directed, as in curling.
—to a tee Exactly; as precisely as possible. [? <TEE¹]

(tē) noun
A finial in the form of a conventionalized umbrella, used on pagodas, etc. [<Burmese h'ti umbrella]