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water hazard

n. hazard provided by ponds of water that the golfer must avoid

Usage examples of "water hazard".

Hoobrik broke off, pushed past Clawhammer, rushed forward with outstretched arms, narrowly missing a small water hazard, to embrace Retief, who had just appeared on the scene.

The only water hazard was an oyster bed, so shallow you could only drown there in a prone position.

Across from me, the tag end of the golf course was visible and the narrow artificial lake that served as a water hazard.

Then there was a water hazard: Locked in a large cage suspended over a muddy pond, Gus listened to instructions, held his breath as the cage submerged, rose, dripping, submerged again.

Cal carried me about a tenth of a mile to a water hazard designed to look like a natural lake.

It was found the next morning, half-submerged in a water hazard on the fifteenth hole, with half a bottle of tequila in the back compartment.