seaway
noun
sea·way ˈsē-ˌwā 
1
: the sea as a route for travel
also : an ocean traffic lane
2
: a moderate or rough sea
3
: a deep inland waterway that admits ocean shipping
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Ships must meet numerous safety and environmental requirements to traverse the lakes and have to be able to navigate the seaway’s 15-lock system to get to Lake Erie. 
Sylvia Goodman, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2022 At the time, there was an inland seaway slowly withdrawing northward toward Canada, Woodruff said. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 10 Feb. 2022 But the new find from North Dakota indicates that large mosasaurs were still present in the last remaining parts of the ancient seaway in the middle of the continent. Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2021 Back then, eastern New Mexico was covered by a seaway that extended deep into North America. BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2021 The Great Lakes region is recognized for its seaway and international borders. Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2021 But, like the Balize concept, the idea of a manmade seaway and inland harbor would persist. Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 1 Jan. 2021 Nature got its revenge during Barents’s third attempt to find a seaway to China, the ice finally won. New York Times, 8 Jan. 2021 With the lower Mississippi now passable, the seaway proposals died out, sparing New Orleans what probably would have been an environmental and economic disaster. Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 1 Jan. 2021 See More
Sylvia Goodman, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2022 At the time, there was an inland seaway slowly withdrawing northward toward Canada, Woodruff said. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 10 Feb. 2022 But the new find from North Dakota indicates that large mosasaurs were still present in the last remaining parts of the ancient seaway in the middle of the continent. Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2021 Back then, eastern New Mexico was covered by a seaway that extended deep into North America. BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2021 The Great Lakes region is recognized for its seaway and international borders. Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2021 But, like the Balize concept, the idea of a manmade seaway and inland harbor would persist. Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 1 Jan. 2021 Nature got its revenge during Barents’s third attempt to find a seaway to China, the ice finally won. New York Times, 8 Jan. 2021 With the lower Mississippi now passable, the seaway proposals died out, sparing New Orleans what probably would have been an environmental and economic disaster. Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 1 Jan. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- pull up short
- pull up stakes
- pull wires
- pull-down
- pull-down menu
- pull-in torque
- pull-out torque
- pull-through torque
- pull-up
- pull-ups
- pull/yank someone's chain
- pullable
- pullback
- pullbacks
- pullboat
- pulldevil
- pulldoo
- pulled
- pulled a face
- pulled ahead
- pulled apart
- pulled aside
- pulled at
- pulled away
- pulled back from the brink of