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fairways

fairways is the plural of fairway.

Meaning of fairway

Noun

fairway (plural fairways)

  1. The area between the tee and the green, where the grass is cut short.
  2. Any tract of land free from obstacles.
  3. 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. A navigable channel in a harbour, offshore etc; the usual course taken by vessels in such places.
    • 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.1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC

Questions about fairways

What is fairways the plural of?
Fairways is the plural of fairway.

Words near fairways in the dictionary

  1. fairwater planes
  2. fairwaters
  3. fairway
  4. fairway wood
  5. fairway woods
  6. fairways
  7. fairweather
  8. fairweather friend
  9. fairweather friends
  10. Fairweathers
  11. Fairwood

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