waterway
noun
wa·ter·way
ˈwȯ-tər-ˌwā 
ˈwä-
1
: a way or channel for water
2
: a navigable body of water
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the Erie Canal was superseded by a much larger waterway, the New York State Barge Canal
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
Here's why and what happened CT officials issue urgent plea for help stopping ‘a plague’ in state waterways.
—Staff Reports, Hartford Courant, 24 May 2025
From straws and bags to take-out containers, single-use plastics crowd landfills and clog waterways.
—Aissa Dearing, JSTOR Daily, 22 May 2025
Greer Jarrett has spent the past three years sailing Scandinavia’s waterways in historically accurate Viking ships.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 22 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for waterway
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“Waterway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waterway. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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waterway
noun
wa·ter·way
ˈwȯt-ər-ˌwā
ˈwät-
1
: a channel for water
2
: a body of water through which ships can travel
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