A mondegreen / Ë m É n d Éª É¡ r iË n / is a mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase as a result of near-homophony, in a way that gives it a new meaning. Mondegreens are most often created by a person listening to a poem or a song; the listener, being unable to clearly hear a lyric, substitutes words that sound similar and make some kind of sense. American writer Sylvia Wright coined the term in 1954, writing about how as a girl she had misheard the lyric ...and laid him on the green in a Scottish ballad as ...and Lady Mondegreen.
Often, facilities. 1  something designed, built, installed, etc., to serve a specific function affording a convenience or service: transportation facilities; educational facilities; a new research facility.
facility, installation-a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; the assembly plant is an enormous facility. highway system-a transportation system consisting of roads for motor transport.t's easier to travel if you have your own transport. You can get to the museum by public transport. Transport is an uncountable noun. Don't refer to a single vehicle as ' a transport '. British speakers also use transport to refer to the moving of goods or people from one place to another.