NOUN | object | waterway | a navigable body of water |
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artifact | waterway, watercourse | a conduit through which water flows |
Sounds | wao'terwey. | |
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Rhymes | airway ... Zimbabwe: 74 rhymes with wey... |
Meaning | A navigable body of water. | |
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Instances | Cross-Florida Waterway, Okeechobee Waterway | A waterway used by small boats to travel between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico through Lake Okeechobee and the Caloosahatchee Canal and the Caloosahatchee River |
Inland Passage, Inside Passage | A naturally protected waterway from Seattle to Skagway in southeastern Alaska | |
Narrower | ditch | Any small natural waterway |
mare clausum | (closed sea) a navigable body of water under the jurisdiction of a single nation | |
mare liberum | (free sea) a navigable body of water to which all nations have equal access | |
rapid | A part of a river where the current is very fast | |
Broader | body of water, water | The part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean) |
Spanish | vía marítima |
Meaning | A conduit through which water flows. | |
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Synonym | watercourse | |
Narrower | canal | long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation |
flume | watercourse that consists of an open artificial chute filled with water for power or for carrying logs | |
headrace | A waterway that feeds water to a mill or water ... / water wheel or turbine | |
tailrace | A watercourse that carries water away from a mill or water ... / water wheel or turbine | |
Broader | way | Any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another |
Spanish | canal, vía fluvial |
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