waterway
Americannoun
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a river, canal, or other body of water serving as a route or way of travel or transport.
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Shipbuilding. (in a steel or iron vessel) a depressed gutter at the edge of the deck inside the bulwarks, used especially when the decking is wooden.
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a channel for vessels, as a fairway in a harbor.
noun
Etymology
Origin of waterway
before 950; Middle English; Old English wæterweg. See water, way 1
Example Sentences
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A significant share of global crude-oil flows through the Middle East, including transiting the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway that Iran controls and which serves as one of the world’s most important oil chokepoints.
From MarketWatch
These increases show the market's response to the effective shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway accounting for some 20 percent of global crude supplies.
From Barron's
A significant share of global crude oil flows through the Middle East, including the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway Iran controls that serves as one of the the world’s most important oil chokepoints.
From MarketWatch
A fifth of the world's oil and gas flows through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway wedged between between Iran and the United Arab Emirates.
From BBC
“Around 20% of global oil supply normally transits through this waterway, and tanker traffic has fallen sharply with vessels anchoring outside the strait amid security concerns,” they added.
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