What's the difference between fairway and harbour?

Fairway


Definition:

  • (n.) The navigable part of a river, bay, etc., through which vessels enter or depart; the part of a harbor or channel ehich is kept open and unobstructed for the passage of vessels.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Eighty-five American wigeon (Anas americana) died after grazing on one treated fairway on the day of application following irrigation.
  • (2) He hit cleanly and straight down the 14th fairway to restore equilibrium, as news filtered through that back-to-back bogeys by Scott had left Mickelson alone at the front.
  • (3) Nine fairways of a golf course located in Bellingham, Washington were treated with diazinon AG500 at a target application rate of 2.2 kg active ingredient (AI) per ha.
  • (4) The LA Times described it as "Georgian Colonial-style two-storey" property, sitting above the second fairway at the Sherwood Country Club, complete with "a cherry-finished library-office, five bedrooms, six bathrooms and an oversized four-car garage".
  • (5) It described a "Georgian Colonial-style two-storey" property, sitting above the second fairway at the Sherwood Country Club, complete with "a cherry-finished library-office, five bedrooms, six bathrooms and an oversized four-car garage", along with "an infinity pool, spa, lawn and a built-in barbecue".
  • (6) Hours later, Obama walked down the 18th fairway as the sun set behind thick clouds covering the Koolau Mountains.
  • (7) As he hugged and high-fived his caddie, Steve Williams, there would be an inevitable glance towards history; and back to Cabrera's position in the middle of the fairway.
  • (8) Last year's crash over the final four holes at Royal Lytham had cost Scott a first major and earned him widespread sympathy, and though he has since rectified that situation by taking the Masters title at Augusta , that fairway bunker on the 1st set the tone for another tough afternoon.
  • (9) The golf course was battered by an ice storm in February, which prompted the enforced removal of the famous Eisenhower Tree from the 17th fairway.
  • (10) "Golf balls were scarce so we'd nick them off the fairway, run round the clubhouse and sell 'em back to grateful members for a tanner," said Cooper, who later became a chairman of the Variety Club golf section.
  • (11) The world No1 produced some fine golf on the first two days of the 142nd Open and, as he walked up the 18th fairway here to rapturous applause on Sunday, the 37-year-old smiled to the galleries before sliding an attempted birdie putt narrowly past the cup.
  • (12) And when Watson also dropped a shot on the 15th, Lowry was two in front again and maintained that advantage with a superb par save from 20 feet on the 14th after finding a fairway bunker off the tee.
  • (13) It did not inspire confidence and he turned for home one under, sharing the lead with the Australian Adam Scott, a hole ahead of him, and Stenson, a further fairway closer to the clubhouse.
  • (14) The American had been resting his weary feet for maybe half an hour – still smiling about a closing 66 too good for Westwood, Henrik Stenson, Ian Poulter, Tiger Woods and all the rest – when Worksop's finest received a ritual ovation coming up the 18th fairway that smacked as much of sympathy as understanding, never an agreeable mix at the highest level of sport.
  • (15) Once Tiger Woods had made a clean breast of his sexual misdemeanours, he was able to return to the fairway.

Harbour


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The parasites were highly aggregated within the study community, with most people harbouring low burdens while a few individuals harboured very heavy burdens.
  • (2) At the bottom is a tiny harbour where cafe Itxas Etxea – bare brick walls and wraparound glass windows – is serving txakoli, the local white wine.
  • (3) He regarded civilians who "harboured terrorists" as legitimate targets.
  • (4) BUSH ON IRAQ TONIGHT: Mr President, if I can move on to the question of Iraq, when we last spoke before the Iraq war, I asked you about Saddam Hussein and you said this, and I quote: "He harbours and develops weapons of mass destruction, make no mistake about it."
  • (5) Faecal samples of the Romanov ewes more often harboured Nematodirus eggs while the larvae recovered from cultures of these samples contained a higher percentage of Teladorsagia.
  • (6) Afghan officials in the past have expressed fears that soldiers sent to Pakistan could be recruited as spies or that their careers would be stunted by the deep hostility that Afghans harbour towards Pakistan.
  • (7) Previous use of metronidazole was reported in only 16 patients, 11 of whom (68.8%) harboured resistant Helicobacter pylori strains.
  • (8) The cells harbouring pLP763 are able to grow to a higher density in milk because of their proteinase-positive phenotype (Prt+).
  • (9) c. Even within the overall normal range of duct diameter (less than 12 mm) the wider the duct, the greater is the chance of it harbouring a stone.
  • (10) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Fishing boats moored in the harbour at Clovelly.
  • (11) G. vaginalis was found in high concentrations in 73% of those harbouring this bacterium.
  • (12) Scarborough council said leaving the houses standing could cause a domino-effect down the steep slope above the picturesque harbour where the explorer Captain James Cook lodged and learned his seafaring skills.
  • (13) The state premier, Mike Baird , also requested the French flag fly over the harbour bridge.
  • (14) A purified, functionally active DNA binding protein and a pool of random double-stranded oligonucleotides harbouring PCR primer sites at each end are included the TDA cycle which consists of four separate steps: a DNA protein incubation step, a protein DNA complex separation step, a DNA elution step and a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) DNA amplification step.
  • (15) But the new creative director of BBC Films, promoted to the role after last week's BBC fiction shakeup , seems to harbour no such industry-appropriate urges.
  • (16) Twelve differently-sized plasmids from 1.8 to 63 kbp were identified in those strains harbouring extrachromosomal DNA.
  • (17) Control kidneys harboured scanty interstitial T lymphocytes.
  • (18) The role of South African Railways and Harbours in spreading disease and health care is examined.
  • (19) This scientific advice will also form the basis of a new report card that will ensure the community is informed of the health of the harbour in an open and transparent way.
  • (20) At both sampling dates, the most heavily infected 25% of the community harboured over 90% of the total pinworms recovered.

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