TThe term buried lie refers to a situation, in which the golf ball caused a pitch mark during his landing and instantly comes to rest in this ball mark. It often occurs in bunkers or soft turf and in case it happens in a bunker, the buried lie is also called fried egg. Other synonyms for the buried lie are plugged lie or plugged ball.

(also "embedded lie, plugged lie") when the ball goes into the ground (usually the sand in a bunker) and embeds, plugs or sticks partially or completely under the surface Example: Mo [..]

When the ball’s lie is primarily below the surface, typically in sand (see “fried egg or “plugged lie”).

When part of the ball is below the surface of the sand in a bunker.