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sea·borne

 (sē′bôrn′)
adj.
1. Conveyed by sea; transported by ship.
2. Carried on or over the sea.
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seaborne

(ˈsiːˌbɔːn)
adj
1. carried on or by the sea
2. (Nautical Terms) transported by ship
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sea•borne

(ˈsiˌbɔrn, -ˌboʊrn)

adj.
carried on or over the sea.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.seaborne - conveyed by sea
mobile - moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place); "a mobile missile system"; "the tongue is...the most mobile articulator"
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Translations

seaborne

[ˈsiːbɔːn] ADJ → transportado por mar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

seaborne

sea-borne [ˈsiːbɔːrn] adj [invasion, attack] → par la mer, par mer; [trade] → maritime
a seaborne invasion → une invasion par la mersea bream [ˈsiːbriːm] n → dorade fsea breeze n → brise f de mersea captain n → capitaine mf au long courssea change n (= big change) → changement m radicalsea defences npl → ouvrages mpl de défense (contre la mer)sea dog seadog [ˈsiːdɒg] (old-fashioned) n → vieux loup m de mer
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

seaborne

[ˈsiːˌbɔːn] adj → via mare
the arrival of seaborne reinforcements → l'arrivo di rinforzi via mare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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The bungling Transport Minister, who has overseen a string of failed projects, had struck a PS13.8million deal with Seaborne Freight to run services between Ramsgate in Kent and Ostend if we crash out of Europe.
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