a river in N England, rising in the N Pennines and flowing southeast and east to the North Sea at Middlesbrough. Length: 113 km (70 miles)
Tees in American English
(tiz)
river in N England, flowing into the North Sea: 70 mi (113 km)
All related terms of 'Tees'
tee
In golf, a tee is a small piece of wood or plastic which is used to support the ball before it is hit at the start of each hole.
teeing ground
an area, often slightly elevated , from which the first stroke of a hole is made
tee off
If someone or something tees you off , they make you angry or annoyed .
tee up
In golf , when you tee up a ball, you place it on a tee so that it is ready for you to hit it.
Stockton-on-Tees
a former port and industrial centre in NE England, in Stockton-on-Tees unitary authority , Co Durham , on the River Tees : famous for the Stockton and Darlington Railway (1825), the first passenger-carrying railway in the world; now mainly residential . Pop: 80 060 (2001)
wind tee
a large weather vane shaped like a T , located at an airfield to indicate the wind direction