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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The strategic waterway connects the Persian Gulf to the wider Indian Ocean.
Indigenous protesters in Brazil occupied a shipping terminal operated by US agricultural giant Cargill on Saturday, demanding a ban on dredging Amazon waterways.
From Barron's
The strategic waterway connects the Persian Gulf to the wider Indian Ocean and around a fifth of the world’s oil supply passes through it.
On Tuesday, Iran conducted a drill that it said temporarily closed the key Strait of Hormuz waterway.
From MarketWatch
Meanwhile, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps carried out exercises at the entrance of the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway through which a fifth of the world’s oil transits.
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