waterway
/ˈwɔːtəweɪ/
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British/ˈwoːtəwɛj/
waterway noun: a body of water, such as a river, channel or canal, that is navigable.
Noun
waterway (plural waterways)
- A body of water, such as a river, channel or canal, that is navigable.
- 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
- Oil and liquefied natural gas tankers moving through the Strait of Hormuz carry around 20% of the world’s supply. But for countries on the Persian Gulf, the waterway is more than just an energy route – it’s a lifeline for more than 100 million people.2026 March 20, Eleni Giokos, “The Strait of Hormuz is about more than just oil. It feeds 100 million people”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2026
- A conduit or watercourse, such as on the deck of a ship, to drain water.
waterway meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
waterway in Hindi
- waterway
- जलमार्ग jalmārg
waterway in Tamil
- நீர்வழிப்பாதை, நீர்வழிப் பாதை
waterway in Marathi
- जलमार्गाची, जलमार्गाचे
waterway in Urdu
- آبی گزرگاہ
More languagesFewer languages
- waterway in Bengali
- নৌপথ
- waterway in Telugu
- జలమార్గం, నీటి మార్గం
- waterway in Malayalam
- ജലപാത, ജലമാർഗ്ഗം
- waterway in Kannada
- ಕಾಲುವೆ, ನೀರ್ಕಾಲ್, ನೀರ್ವಟ್ಟೆ, ನೀರ್ಬಟ್ಟೆ
- waterway in Punjabi
- ਜਲਮਾਰਗ
- waterway in Gujarati
- જળમાર્ગ, જલમાર્ગ
- waterway in Nepali
- जलमार्ग, पानीमार्ग
- waterway in Tagalog
- alulusan
- waterway in Arabic
- مَمَرّ مَائِيّ mamarr māʔiyy
- waterway in Indonesian
- jalan air
- waterway in Persian
- آبراه âbrâh
- waterway in Vietnamese
- đường thủy, đường sông, thủy lộ
Examples of waterway in a sentence
- On Earth, we chart the history of waterways by looking at sediment that is deposited over time.
- It’s “copi,” short for “copious,” which the fish certainly are in Illinois’s waterways.
- A tumultuous waterway, the Yangtze ranks second after the Amazon in terms of discharge.
Forms of waterway
| plural | waterways |
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Origin of waterway
From Middle English waterwey, from Old English wæterweġ (“waterway”), from Proto-West Germanic *watarweg, equivalent to water + way. Compare Saterland Frisian Woaterwai (“waterway”), West Frisian wetterwei (“waterway”), Dutch waterweg (“waterway”), German Wasserweg (“waterway”), Danish vandvej (“waterway”), Swedish vattenväg (“waterway”).
Questions about waterway
- What does waterway mean?
- Waterway means a body of water, such as a river, channel or canal, that is navigable.
- What is waterway in Hindi?
- Waterway in Hindi is जलमार्ग (jalmārg). See Waterway meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is waterway?
- Waterway is a noun.
- How do you pronounce waterway?
- Waterway is pronounced /ˈwɔːtəweɪ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of waterway?
- The plural of waterway is waterways.
Words near waterway in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: waterway (page history and authors); जलमार्ग (Hindi) (page history and authors); waterway (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); waterway (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); waterway (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); waterway (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); waterway (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); waterway (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); waterway (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); waterway (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); waterway (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); waterway (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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