waterway
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2.3
- noun
- /ˈwɔːtərˌweɪ/
- The shipping company uses the main waterway to transport goods between the two cities.
- navigable waterway
- inland waterways
- rivers and waterways
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- 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.
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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.
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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
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3.7
A canal wide and deep enough for large ships to pass through
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3.0
A part of a river that boats use to carry people or goods
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8.3
A canal wide and deep enough for ships to pass through
A channel where the sea moves in and out with the tide
Compounds
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8.4
A water channel in southern Florida that links the Atlantic and the Gulf through Lake Okeechobee for small boats
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6.5
A route of rivers and canals across Florida that lets boats travel between the Atlantic and the Gulf
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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.