seaborne

[ see-bawrn, -bohrn ]

adjective
  1. transported by ship over the sea.

  2. carried on or over the sea: a seaborne fog; seaborne cargoes.

Origin of seaborne

1
First recorded in 1815–25; sea + borne1

Words Nearby seaborne

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use seaborne in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for seaborne

seaborne

/ (ˈsiːˌbɔːn) /


adjective
  1. carried on or by the sea

  2. transported by ship

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012