shipping lane
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A route across an ocean, sea, or other body of water which is regularly used by commercial maritime vessels.
Example Sentences
- "Something has happened to North Atlantic icebergs this season. Up to last week only two small "growlers" had floated into the shipping lanes."
- "Ships line up on the buoys to insure they do not stray from the shipping lane."
- "A multilateral force rescued a Chinese ship from Somali pirates on Wednesday, in a sign foreign navies patrolling the shipping lane linking Europe to Asia are adopting tougher new tactics."