Seaway

ahd-5
  • noun. A sea route.
  • noun. An inland waterway for ocean shipping.
  • noun. The headway of a ship.
  • noun. A rough sea.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Nautical, progress made by a vessel through the waves.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a lane or route at sea that is regularly used by ships; a sea lane or trade route
  • noun. an inland waterway used by seagoing shipping
  • noun. the headway of a vessel
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a lane at sea that is a regularly used route for vessels
  • Word Usage
    ""Not an international strait, but a shipping route, something like the St. Lawrence seaway, which is carefully managed with sufficient infrastructure to ensure that ships can pass safely through to everyone's economic interest and at the same time have security threats dealt with and deterred.""
    cross-reference
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    lane  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    freeway  leeway  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts