divot

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A torn-up piece of turf, especially by a golf club in making a stroke or by a horse's hoof.
2. A disruption in an otherwise smooth contour.
3. a drop in a graph between two linear portions (example)
4. The space between two pillows.

Verb

To tear up pieces of turf from, especially with a golf club in making a stroke.

Concepten

aardkluit

Synoniemen

clod

sod

turf

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈdɪvət/

Etymologie (Engels)

1530s, Scots divot (“turf”), also spelt devat, diffat, and the earliest form (1435), duvat(e), from Scottish Gaelic dubhad, a reduced form of dubh-fhàd, literally “black sod” (compare fàl (“turf, sod”)).