waterway

waterway
/waw"teuhr way', wot"euhr-/, n.
1. a river, canal, or other body of water serving as a route or way of travel or transport.
2. Shipbuilding. (in a steel or iron vessel) a depressed gutter at the edge of the deck inside the bulwarks, used esp. when the decking is wooden.
3. a channel for vessels, as a fairway in a harbor.
[bef. 950; ME; OE waeterweg. See WATER, WAY1]

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(as used in expressions)
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