sea lane

noun

A regularly used route for ocean-going vessels.

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seawayship routetrade route
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Meanings

nounsea lane (plural sea lanes)

plural sea lanes · alternative sea-lane

  1. nauticalA regularly used route for ocean-going vessels.

    “What kind of men are you who arrive rigged out for combat in coats of mail, sailing here over sea-lanes in your steep-hulled boat?”

    1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 10

    Synonyms: seaway

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA regularly used route for ocean-going vessels.

Similar
seaway

More synonyms by meaning

nouna lane at sea that is a regularly used route for vessels

Similar
seawayship routetrade route
Broader
lane
Also see
seawaytrade route

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From sea + lane.

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Translations

Finnish vesiväylä
  • vesiväyläa route used by ships
Hebrew נְתִיב סַפָּנוּת
  • נְתִיב סַפָּנוּת (netiv sapanut)a route used by ships
Italian rotta marina
  • rotta marinaa route used by ships
Māori ara moana
  • ara moanaa route used by ships
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APA

sea lane. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20lane

MLA

“sea lane.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20lane. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sea lane,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20lane.

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