different between harbour vs fairway

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?h??b?/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /?h??b??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)b?(?)

Noun

harbour (plural harbours)

1. Commonwealth of Nations standard spelling of harbor.

Derived terms

• Rosslare Harbour

Translations

Verb

harbour (third-person singular simple present harbours, present participle harbouring, simple past and past participle harboured)

1. Commonwealth of Nations standard spelling of harbor.

   The docks, which once harboured tall ships, now harbour only petty thieves.

   • The bare suspicion made it treason to harbour the person suspected.

   • 1707, Nicholas Rowe, The Royal Convert

     Nor let your gentle Breast harbor one Thought Of Outrage from the Kin.

References

• “harbour”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

English

Etymology

fair +? way

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f??we?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??we?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)we?

Noun

fairway (plural fairways)

1. (golf) The area between the tee and the green, where the grass is cut short.
2. Any tract of land free from obstacles.
3. (Military) A channel either from offshore, in a river, or in a harbor that has enough depth to accommodate the draft of large vessels. (JP 4-01.6)
4. (nautical) A navigable channel in a harbour, offshore etc; the usual course taken by vessels in such places.

Translations

See also

• draft
• watercraft. (JP 4-01.6)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English fairway.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: fair?way

Noun

fairway m (plural fairways)

1. (golf) fairway: the area between the tee and the green, where the grass is cut short