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.
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Fairway
//ˈfɛɹweɪ//
Synonyms for "fairway" (70 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (35)
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2 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
2 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
5 entriespart of
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18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Translations
24 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- талвег noun ((nautical) a navigable channel in a harbour)
- фарва́тер noun ((nautical) a navigable channel in a harbour)
Catalan
1 entries- carrer noun ((golf) the area between the tee and the green)
Danish
3 entries- fairway noun ((golf) the area between the tee and the green)
- sejlløb noun ((military) a channel in a river)
- sejlløb noun ((nautical) a navigable channel in a harbour)
Dutch
2 entries- fairway noun ((golf) the area between the tee and the green)
- vaargeul noun ((nautical) a navigable channel in a harbour)
Finnish
4 entries- väylä noun ((golf) the area between the tee and the green)
- väylä noun (any tract of land free from obstacles)
- väylä noun ((military) a channel in a river)
- väylä noun ((nautical) a navigable channel in a harbour)
French
1 entries- parcours libre entre tee et green noun ((golf) the area between the tee and the green)
Georgian
1 entries- ფარვატერი noun ((nautical) a navigable channel in a harbour)
German
1 entries- Fairway noun ((golf) the area between the tee and the green)
Hebrew
1 entries- נְתִיב שַׁיִט noun ((nautical) a navigable channel in a harbour)
Irish
1 entries- bánóg noun ((golf) the area between the tee and the green)
Māori
1 entries- raorao noun ((golf) the area between the tee and the green)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- farvann noun ((nautical) a navigable channel in a harbour)
Portuguese
1 entries- corredor noun ((golf) the area between the tee and the green)
Russian
1 entries- фарва́тер noun ((nautical) a navigable channel in a harbour)
Spanish
2 entries- calle noun ((golf) the area between the tee and the green)
- canalizo noun ((nautical) a navigable channel in a harbour)
Swedish
1 entries- farled noun ((nautical) a navigable channel in a harbour)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Lights of ships moved in the fairway—a great stir of lights going up and going down.
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