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fairing
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noun
  1. A structure on various parts of an aircraft that produces a smooth outline, and reduces drag
    1. A present; originally, one given or purchased at a fair.
Fender
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proper noun
  1. A surname of German origin, a varient of Fenrich or Fendler
  2. A manufacturer of electric guitars
(wikipedia, Fender Musical Instruments Corporation)
ferry
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noun (ferries)
  1. A ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule
verb (ferr, i, ed)
  1. To move someone or something from one place to another, usually repeatedly.
Being a good waiter takes more than the ability to plates of food around a restaurant.
fifth wheel
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noun
  1. A type of trailer hitch, which consists of a horseshoe-shaped plate on a multi-directional pivot, with a locking pin to couple with the kingpin of a truck trailer.
  2. A very large truck trailer; an 18-wheeler.
  3. A very large trailer that is towed with a pickup truck.
  4. (idiom) Anything superfluous or unnecessary.
As the third person along on their date, I felt like a .
fire engine
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noun
  1. A fire truck; a hook-n-ladder; a vehicle that firefighters use to move water and equipment to the location of a fire.
flatbed
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noun
  1. an open commercial vehicle with no sides; designed to carry heavy or outsize loads
  2. a railway freight car with no sides; a flatcar
adjective
  1. (computing) (of a device, such as a scanner or plotter) having a flat bed
freeway
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noun
  1. (context, international) A highway with full access control.
  2. (rfv-sense) A dual carriageway with no at-grade crossings.
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