Lee vs Leek - What's the difference?
lee | leek |
(sailing) A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
(sailing) The side of the ship away from the wind.
A sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind; shelter; protection.
* Morte d'Arthure
* Tyndall
The vegetable Allium ampeloprasum , of the lily family, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.
Any of several species of Allium , broadly resembling the domesticated plant in appearance in the wild.
As a proper noun lee
is for someone who lived near a meadow (the anglo-saxon for meadow being ley or leag).As a noun leek is
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English
Noun
(en noun)- the lee of a mountain, an island, or a ship
- We lurked under lee .
- Desiring me to take shelter in his lee .
