waterway

noun

ˈwȯ-tər-ˌwā How to pronounce waterway (audio)
Definition of waterwaynext
as in canal
an open man-made passageway for water the Erie Canal was superseded by a much larger waterway, the New York State Barge Canal

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Recent Examples of waterway The sinkings mark a sharp escalation for container shipping in a waterway where attacks had largely centered on tankers. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026 Paz has offered Chile access to the Paraguay-Paraná waterway, which connects Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay to the Atlantic Ocean. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 The genre gave him considerably more freedom to invent architectural settings, mixing classical ruins, waterways, and figures into elaborate imaginary landscapes. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 15 Oct. 2026 But Iran has continued to threaten and strike ships in the key waterway, keeping global oil prices high. — Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for waterway
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  1. canal
  2. aqueduct
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  • Much of it flows through the Central Arizona Project, the series of canals that run from the river to the Phoenix and Tucson areas.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Both ships were sitting at anchor near the mouth of the Sulina canal that connects the Black Sea to the Danube River, which has become a crucial shipping export route for Ukraine, Reuters reported.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of canal
Noun
  • The crystalline waters of the reservoir provide drinking water for more than 3 million people in 53 communities in eastern Massachusetts, fed by a subterranean, gravitational aqueduct.
    — Chris Tanaka, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The aqueduct seemed to make the city’s founding river not just obsolete but dangerous, so construction began on catch basins, dams and reservoirs.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of aqueduct

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