Intracoastal Waterway

[ in-truh-koh-stuhl, in- ]

/ ˈɪn trəˈkoʊ stəl, ˌɪn- /

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noun

a mostly inland water route, partly natural and partly artificial, extending 1,550 miles (2,500 km) along the Atlantic coast from Boston to Florida Bay (Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway ) and 1,116 miles (1,800 km) along the Gulf coast from Carrabelle, Fla., to Brownsville, Tex. (Gulf Intracoastal Waterway ): constructed to protect small craft from the hazards of the open sea.

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How to use Intracoastal Waterway in a sentence

In the 1880s, the body of an unknown young woman was found floating in the Paris waterway.
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To accompany this fine duo, we order sausage made in Hancock, just the other side of the Keweenaw Waterway.
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Sewage running from their base has long polluted the waterway, but the authorities never paid attention.
United Nations Still Denies its Troops Brought Cholera to Haiti|Jonathan M. Katz|April 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
This waterway was recently discovered, and by it there is a better route to Terrenate than was formerly followed.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various

The narrowness of the Isthmus naturally suggested the cutting of a waterway through it.
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With its expansions, the narrow and deep Arrow lakes, it is an important waterway in the Kootenay region.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2|Various
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.
The Way of a Man|Emerson Hough
This narrow waterway that passes down between Asia on the one side and Africa on the other is stimulating to the imagination.
Round the Wonderful World|G. E. Mitton

British Dictionary definitions for Intracoastal Waterway

Intracoastal Waterway

/ (ˌɪntrəˈkəʊstəl) /

noun

short for Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway

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