waterway
noun
a river, canal, or other body of water serving as a route or way of travel or transport.
waterways
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pluralof waterway.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Activity over the summer was dragged by extreme weather as low water levels disrupted some of Germany’s key industrial waterways.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
But documents obtained by investigative journalists from SourceMaterial describe other breaches from the refinery in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, with toxic chemicals and oil regularly spilled into the waterways and even groundwater.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
For this humble fishing village in Yemen, a tumbledown grouping of barely-there huts nestled between the water and an imposing mountain range, stands sentinel over one of the world’s most vital waterways.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
It’s possible that Beijing could agree to provide “support for a cease-fire, pressure to keep strategic waterways open and tighter controls on identified financial networks,” J.P.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
The first king realized that, instead of building dams, he must build waterways to redirect the river.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
