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seaway

seaway noun: a lane or route at sea that is regularly used by ships; a sea lane or trade route.

seaway: a lane or route at sea that is regularly used by ships; a sea lane or trade route
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Noun

seaway (plural seaways)

  1. A lane or route at sea that is regularly used by ships; a sea lane or trade route.
  2. An inland waterway used by seagoing shipping.
    • The coracle […] was a very safe boat for a person of my height and weight, both buoyant and clever in a seaway; but she was the most cross-grained, lop-sided craft to manage.1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC
  3. The headway of a vessel.

Forms of seaway

pluralseaways

Plural of seaway: seaways

Origin of seaway

From Middle English seewey, from Old English sǣweġ (“a seaway, a path through the sea”), equivalent to sea + way. Compare Saterland Frisian Seegong (“seaway, swell”), German Seegang (“seaway, swell”).

Words that rhyme with seaway

Questions about seaway

What does seaway mean?
Seaway means a lane or route at sea that is regularly used by ships; a sea lane or trade route.
What part of speech is seaway?
Seaway is a noun.
What is the plural of seaway?
The plural of seaway is seaways.

Words near seaway in the dictionary

  1. seawatching
  2. seawater
  3. seawaters
  4. seawave
  5. seawaves
  6. seaway
  7. seawaybill
  8. seawaybills
  9. Seawaymax
  10. seaways
  11. seaweed

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