seaborne

adjective

sea·​borne ˈsē-ˌbȯrn 

1

: borne over or on the sea

a seaborne invasion

2

: carried on by oversea shipping

seaborne trade

Examples of seaborne in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Before the war, a third of the global seaborne fertilizer trade traveled through the passage, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. —Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 27 Mar. 2026

Much of the pressure comes from Iran blocking the Strait of Hormuz, a 100-mile waterway connecting the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, which carries 20% of the world’s oil shipments and about 20% of the world’s seaborne liquified natural gas. —Kate Perez, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026

Around one-third of the global seaborne fertilizer trade passes through the Strait of Hormuz, according to the UN. —Chloe Taylor,sam Meredith, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026

But in 2024, roughly 20 million barrels of oil and petroleum products passed through it every day—about 20% of global petroleum liquids consumption and approximately 25% of all seaborne oil trade on Earth. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1823, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for seaborne

• adorn
• airborne
• blackthorn
• broomcorn
• buckhorn
• buckthorn
• careworn
• firstborn
• foodborne
• forborne
• forewarn
• forlorn