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English

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Etymology

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From fair +‎ way.

Pronunciation

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• (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɛɹweɪ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɛəweɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈfeːwæɪ/
• (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /ˈfeəwæɪ/
• (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /ˈfiəwæɪ/
• (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈfeɹwe/
• (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /ˈfɜː(ɹ)weː/
• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)weɪ

Noun

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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.
   • 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:By good fortune, paddle as I pleased, the tide was still sweeping me down; and there lay the Hispaniola right in the fairway, hardly to be missed.
   • 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I:Lights of ships moved in the fairway—a great stir of lights going up and going down.

Derived terms

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• fairway wood

Translations

[edit] (golf) the area between the tee and the green

Catalan: carrer (ca) m Danish: fairway c Dutch: fairway (nl) m Finnish: väylä (fi) French: parcours libre entre tee et green German: Fairway (de) n Irish: bánóg f Māori: raorao Portuguese: corredor (pt) Spanish: calle (es) f

any tract of land free from obstacles

Finnish: väylä (fi)

(military) a channel in a river

Danish: sejlløb n Finnish: väylä (fi)

(nautical) a navigable channel in a harbour

Bulgarian: талвег m (talveg), фарва́тер (bg) m (farváter) Danish: sejlløb n Dutch: vaargeul (nl) c Finnish: väylä (fi) Georgian: ფარვატერი (parvaṭeri) Hebrew: נְתִיב שַׁיִט (he) m (netiv shayit) Norwegian: Bokmål: farvann n Russian: фарва́тер (ru) m (farvátɛr) Spanish: canalizo (es) m Swedish: farled (sv) c

See also

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• draft
• watercraft. (JP 4-01.6)

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English fairway.

Pronunciation

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• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: fair‧way

Noun

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fairway m (plural fairways, no diminutive)

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

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