waterborne

[ waw-ter-bawrn, -bohrn, wot-er- ]

adjective
  1. floating or moving on water; supported by water: The ship was waterborne ten months after the keel was laid.

  2. transported by ship or boat: waterborne commerce.

  1. communicated by water, especially drinking water: waterborne diseases.

Origin of waterborne

1
First recorded in 1550–60; water + borne1

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British Dictionary definitions for waterborne

waterborne

/ (ˈwɔːtəˌbɔːn) /


adjective
  1. floating or travelling on water

  2. (of a disease, etc) transported or transmitted by water

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