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waterway

noun

Etymology

From Middle English waterwey, from Old English wæterweġ (“waterway”), from Proto-West Germanic *watarweg, equivalent to water + way. Compare Saterland Frisian Woaterwai (“waterway”), West Frisian wetterwei (“waterway”), Dutch waterweg (“waterway”), German Wasserweg (“waterway”), Danish vandvej (“waterway”), Swedish vattenväg (“waterway”).

  1. inherited from *watarweg✻
  2. inherited from wæterweġ — “waterway”
  3. inherited from waterwey

Definitions

  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.

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

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA