Waterway Definition

wôtər-wā, wŏtər-
waterways
noun
waterways
Any body of water wide enough and deep enough for boats, ships, etc., as a stream, canal, or river; water route.
Webster's New World
A channel or runnel through or along which water runs.
Webster's New World
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Noun

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waterway
Plural:
waterways

Origin of Waterway

Waterway Sentence Examples

  • The Baro on reaching the plain becomes, however, a navigable stream affording an open waterway to the Nile.

  • The Great Lakes waterway naturally finds an outlet in New York City.

  • The Punic wars transferred the supreme power from Carthage to Rome, and Latin civilization was established firmly when, in 27 B.C., Andalusia became the Roman province of Baetica - so called after its great waterway, the Baetis (Guadalquivir).

  • On the east it is hampered by the stringent regulations of the Russian frontier, and the great waterway of the Oder, though in process of being regulated, is sometimes too low in summer for navigation.

  • The main lagoon waterway goes by the name of the Bum-Kittam river, and to the north opens into the Sherbro estuary.

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Words Starting With

WWAWAT

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