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waterways

waterways is the plural of waterway.

Meaning of waterway

Noun

waterway (plural waterways)

  1. 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
  2. A conduit or watercourse, such as on the deck of a ship, to drain water.

Proper noun capitalized: Waterways

Waterways

  1. A locality in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, northern Alberta, Canada.
  2. A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia.

Questions about waterways

What does waterways mean?
Waterways means a locality in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, northern Alberta, Canada.
What is waterways the plural of?
Waterways is the plural of waterway.
What part of speech is waterways?
Waterways is a proper noun.

Words near waterways in the dictionary

  1. waterwall
  2. waterwalls
  3. waterward
  4. waterwards
  5. waterway
  6. waterways
  7. waterweed
  8. waterweeds
  9. waterwheel
  10. waterwheel plant
  11. waterwheel plants

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