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waterway

[ waw-ter-wey, wot-er- ]

noun

  1. a river, canal, or other body of water serving as a route or way of travel or transport.
  2. Shipbuilding. (in a steel or iron vessel) a depressed gutter at the edge of the deck inside the bulwarks, used especially when the decking is wooden.
  3. a channel for vessels, as a fairway in a harbor.


waterway

/ ˈwɔːtəˌweɪ /

noun

  1. a river, canal, or other navigable channel used as a means of travel or transport


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Word History and Origins

Origin of waterway1

before 950; Middle English; Old English wæterweg. See water, way 1

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Example Sentences

In the 1880s, the body of an unknown young woman was found floating in the Paris waterway.

To accompany this fine duo, we order sausage made in Hancock, just the other side of the Keweenaw Waterway.

Sewage running from their base has long polluted the waterway, but the authorities never paid attention.

This waterway was recently discovered, and by it there is a better route to Terrenate than was formerly followed.

The narrowness of the Isthmus naturally suggested the cutting of a waterway through it.

With its expansions, the narrow and deep Arrow lakes, it is an important waterway in the Kootenay region.

The black blur made by the wagon stockade and a tent or so was visible against the lighter line of the waterway of the Platte.

This narrow waterway that passes down between Asia on the one side and Africa on the other is stimulating to the imagination.

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