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tees¹

Sounds like teas, tease

noun

  1. plural plural of tee

Tees²

  • /ˈtiːz/ UK

Rhymes with -iːz

Where it comes from

From Old English *Tēs(e), but uncertain beyond that. Possibly from Proto-Brythonic *tes (“heat”), which would be in reference to the “boiling” surging water of so much of the upper river, especially at places like Cauldron Snout.

proper noun

  1. A river in the counties of County Durham and North Yorkshire, north east England. The river flows through the city of Middlesbrough.
  2. A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.

noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of tees

TEEs³

noun

  1. plural plural of TEE

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: tee up, football tee, golf tee, teeing ground, stockton, tyne, abee, hays, indus, calahoo, torrington, derwent, nisku, fleet, ensign, turin

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"tees." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tees. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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tees. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tees

Chicago

"tees." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tees.

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@misc{tees_2026,
  title = {tees},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tees},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}