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a word that ambushes spelling bees while ships dock against its stone
means A quay is a solid landing place, usually built of stone or concrete along the water's edge, where ships pull alongside to load and unload.
from From Old North French 'kay' or 'cai,' meaning a barrier or embankment, which itself reaches back to a Celtic root for an enclosure or fence — a cousin of the Welsh 'cae' (hedge, enclosure). English borrowed it as 'key' in spelling and sound, then the French-loving respellers of a later age gave it that startling silent-letter makeover, 'quay,' while the pronunciation stubbornly stayed 'key.'
- pronunciation
- sounds like key, looks like an error
- origin
- from Celtic, reshaped by French quai
- job
- solid platform where vessels load and unload
- quayside
- the working edge where land meets water
star quay dublin — historic waterfront in dublin's docklands where the jeanie johnston tall ship is moored
albert quay cork — riverside quay in cork, ireland where the shandon bells church overlooks the lee river
circular quay sydney — famous sydney harbour landmark where the opera house and harbour bridge meet, opened 1973