waterway
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2.3
- noun
- /ˈwɔːtərˌweɪ/
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vía fluvial
- The shipping company uses the main waterway to transport goods between the two cities.
- navigable waterway
- inland waterways
- rivers and waterways
So we're talking airports, bridges, railroads, water ports, waterways, broadband, and so on and so forth.
- So we're talking airports, bridges, railroads, water ports, waterways, broadband, and so on and so forth.
- And there's no connection between those and the, you know, our natural waterways, right?
- We were out playing one day and we were in this waterway that was filled with trash and dead bodies.
- I mean, they're basically trying to rewrite who controls the international waterways by investing in a whole bunch of ports.
- If we lose our topsoil, which we're losing trillions of tons every year, it's getting washed into the waterways.
- Like like they don't have like to get across that straight right that the waterway between the two.
Examples
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Chapare is a rural province with tropical rainforests surrounding the Chapare River, the main waterway of the region.
Academic text (2012) -
Towns and cities developed around waterways, which provided a natural means for removing waste.
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And there is an underground waterway that leads to the lake.
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Have you heard of an underground river or ancient waterway that runs through the valley that would empty into a deep pool?
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It goes for five miles... from here to the waterways that lead to the open ocean.
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Egyptians would take charge of this vital strategic waterway connecting Europe to Asia with immediate effect.
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Irrigation, the water distribution system, and control of waterways all threaten to become major issues in the next decade.
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Water hyacinth coat the waterways of Shanghai in a thick green carpet.
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Afterward, we'll continue east, stopping at the Mississippi River to protest how polluted America's greatest waterway has become.
Academic text (2017) -
Three hundred miles down the great waterway, they came ashore and camped in a thickly wooded forest.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
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1.0
A large natural flow of water that goes to the sea or a lake
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2.0
A man-made water channel for boats and for watering fields
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3.8
A deep narrow waterway that ships can use
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5.0
A narrow passage of water joining two larger seas or oceans
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4.8
A channel, natural or man-made, where water flows like a river
A part of a river that boats use to carry people or goods
A canal wide and deep enough for large ships to pass through
A canal wide and deep enough for ships to pass through
A channel where the sea moves in and out with the tide
Compounds
A route of rivers and canals across Florida that lets boats travel between the Atlantic and the Gulf
A water channel in southern Florida that links the Atlantic and the Gulf through Lake Okeechobee for small boats
How Navigable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Waterway is simply two words put together: water and way, where way means 'path' or 'road'. So a waterway is a 'path' of water that boats and ships use for travel.