Plural of waterway
regular plural
The plural of waterway is waterways.
Forms of waterway
| Singular | waterway /ˈwɔːtəweɪ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | waterways |
| Countable | countable |
Waterways in a sentence
- As hundreds of volunteers and police scoured parks and waterways in an area of New Orleans Tuesday, there were many questions but few answers about the disappearance 11 days ago of a 26-year-old teacher.2013 March 12, Vivian Kuo, “No answers in disappearance of New Orleans teacher”, in CNN, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2018
- On Earth, we chart the history of waterways by looking at sediment that is deposited over time.2022 October 27, Adrienne Berard, quoting Benjamin Cardenas, “Traces of ancient ocean discovered on Mars”, in phys.org. From the entry stratigraphy
- It’s “copi,” short for “copious,” which the fish certainly are in Illinois’s waterways.2022 August 14, Christian Elliot, “This Invasive Fish Got an Anti-Racist Rebrand”, in Sierra. From the entry copi
- The numerous references to the elmscapes and waterways of East Anglia make Abbott a sort of verse Constable.2024 April 9, Wikipedia contributors, “Claude Colleer Abbott”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation. From the entry elmscape
- However, the Coasties don't enforce navigation rules in land-locked waters that aren't open to commercial waterways, such as stand-alone lakes.2009, Randy Vance, Power Boating For Dummies, →ISBN. From the entry coastie
Meaning of waterway
- noun A body of water, such as a river, channel or canal, that is navigable.
- noun A conduit or watercourse, such as on the deck of a ship, to drain water.
Questions about the plural of waterway
- What is the plural of waterway?
- The plural of waterway is waterways.
- Is waterway countable?
- Waterway is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: waterway (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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