Definitions for seaborne

seaborne sea·borne

Spelling: [see-bawrn, -bohrn]
IPA: /ˈsiˌbɔrn, -ˌboʊrn/

Seaborne is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 345 anagrams from letters in seaborne (abeenors).

Definitions for seaborne

adjective

  1. transported by ship over the sea.
  2. carried on or over the sea:

Origin of seaborne

First recorded in 1815-25; sea + borne1

Examples for seaborne

It was the celebrated seaborne Jones, one of the very ablest lawyers the State ever produced.

It is an important seat of trade, where seaborne goods are transferred to and from river boats.

The seaborne commerce of Austria was insignificant, and could easily be controlled from his vassal lands of Venetia and Dalmatia.

The seaborne commerce of the country had increased enormously since the time of the Restoration.

To-day it would be impracticable even for a victorious navy to cut off a continental State from seaborne traffic.

The other charges that affected Italy were the 5% duty on manumissions, and customs dues on seaborne imports.

seaborne trade was rigidly directed as a potent arm in bringing Germany's war power to ruin.

In later times the seaborne commerce of Egypt fell, to a large extent, into the hands of the Phœnicians and Greeks.

The public story was that seaborne represented the Canadian government alone.

The seaborne landings in Morocco and Sicily had been relative cakewalks.

Word Value for seaborne
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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