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Meaning of water transport in English:

water transport

noun

  • 1Transportation of people or goods by boat or other waterborne vessel.

  • 2The transport of substances or objects dissolved in, carried by, or swept along by water.

  • 3The transport of water, especially within living organisms.

Origin

Late 18th century; earliest use found in John Burgoyne (1723–1792), army officer, politician, and playwright.