How do you use Seaway in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like lane, plus the exact meaning.
Seaway meaning
- A lane or route at sea that is regularly used by ships; a sea lane or trade route.
- An inland waterway used by seagoing shipping.
- The headway of a vessel.
Synonyms of Seaway
Using Seaway
- The main meaning on this page is: A lane or route at sea that is regularly used by ships; a sea lane or trade route. | An inland waterway used by seagoing shipping. | The headway of a vessel.
- Useful related words include: sea lane, ship route, trade route, lane.
- In the example corpus, seaway often appears in combinations such as: the seaway, lawrence seaway, seaway and.
Context around Seaway
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Seaway
- In this selection, "seaway" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, lawrence, duluth, strategic, port, lock and may stand out and add context to how "seaway" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include st lawrence seaway could cost and the duluth seaway port authority. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "seaway" sits close to words such as acorns, acrobatics and acura, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with seaway
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The St. Lawrence Seaway will open for its 65th season next week. (12 words)
Seaway Senior Citizens Club 506 Pitt St. Reserve your spot by November 21st. (13 words)
Reconstruction of an extinct lungfish from the study of the Trans-Saharan Seaway. (13 words)
The leaders of Ontario and Quebec are calling for a “swift resolution” to a strike on the St. Lawrence Seaway that has left tens of millions of dollars in daily economic activity dead in the water. (36 words)
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has vowed to safeguard his country’s sovereignty in the South China Sea, after signing a cooperation agreement with China that appeared to recognize Beijing’s controversial claim over the strategic seaway. (36 words)
However, during the Late Cretaceous to the Paleocene (65-55 million years ago), the seaway had begun to recede, leaving behind thick marine deposits and a relatively flat terrain which the seaway had once occupied. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Because the smallest of the Soo Locks is larger than any Seaway lock, salties that can pass through the Seaway may travel anywhere in the Great Lakes.
However, during the Late Cretaceous to the Paleocene (65-55 million years ago), the seaway had begun to recede, leaving behind thick marine deposits and a relatively flat terrain which the seaway had once occupied.
In Southend-on-Sea, a number of council-run car parks along the beachfront charge £19.30 for the day, such as Fairheads Green and Seaway.
Lana Payne, national president of Unifor, talks to St. Lawrence seaway workers from a picket line in St. Catharines, Ont., Tuesday.
The leaders of Ontario and Quebec are calling for a “swift resolution” to a strike on the St. Lawrence Seaway that has left tens of millions of dollars in daily economic activity dead in the water.
The St. Lawrence Seaway will open for its 65th season next week.
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has vowed to safeguard his country’s sovereignty in the South China Sea, after signing a cooperation agreement with China that appeared to recognize Beijing’s controversial claim over the strategic seaway.
Seaway Senior Citizens Club 506 Pitt St. Reserve your spot by November 21st.
The St. Lambert Diversion around the St. Lambert Locks was added in 1958 as part of the St. Lawrence Seaway project.
Deb DeLuca, executive director of the Duluth Seaway Port Authority, credited $25 million in capital investments put into the Clure terminal since 2015 with positioning the port for its current success in moving wind parts.
He's already had a cover shot for the Duluth Seaway Port Authority's North Star Port magazine, and shares his images regularly on the Lake Superior Ports & Shipping Facebook page.
Although the St. Lawrence Seaway, Welland Canal and Sault Ste. Marie Locks are closed during the winter months, shipping is still active on the Great Lakes.
A new report says dealing with high water levels in the St. Lawrence Seaway could cost Canadian and American businesses more than $1 billion due to the slowing of ships.
But if the rates are higher, it can be too turbulent for vessels to make it through the Seaway.
Reconstruction of an extinct lungfish from the study of the Trans-Saharan Seaway.
Shippers and port operators say rising water levels in the St. Lawrence Seaway could cost the economy more than $1 billion.
The ports are connected to the Atlantic Ocean through the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence Seaway, and together are considered the largest freshwater port in the world.
There is not a lot of Seaway but he is a proven weight carrier so 59kg (albeit up from 54.5kg last start) shouldn’t be too much of a hindrance.
In the late Cretaceous period, North America was divided by a giant waterway called the Western Interior Seaway, which included the region.
Speed limits have now been re-enforced throughout the St Lawrence seaway, and the issues shown in this video have since subsided.
Common combinations with seaway
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: