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shipping lanes

shipping lanes is the plural of shipping lane.

Meaning of shipping lane

Noun

shipping lane (plural shipping lanes)

  1. A route across an ocean, sea, or other body of water which is regularly used by commercial maritime vessels.
    • Something has happened to North Atlantic icebergs this season. Up to last week only two small "growlers" had floated into the shipping lanes.1931 June 8, “Science: No Icebergs”, in Time

Questions about shipping lanes

What is shipping lanes the plural of?
Shipping lanes is the plural of shipping lane.

Words near shipping lanes in the dictionary

  1. shipping containers
  2. shipping fever
  3. shipping forecast
  4. shipping forecasts
  5. shipping lane
  6. shipping lanes
  7. shipping master
  8. shipping masters
  9. shipping out
  10. shipping over
  11. shippings

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