MEANING
A river, canal, or other water route, especially one used for navigation.
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Words that belong together
- inland waterway
- navigable waterway
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The waterway linked inland towns to the coast.
Word forms
- Base
- waterway
Usage notes
Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Singular waterway; plural waterways. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.
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