waterway

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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. 2
   noun

   a conduit through which water flows

3. 3
   noun

   a navigable body of water

4. 4
   noun

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

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”).

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