canal

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/kəˈnæl/

noun 3verb 2name 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

irrigation | ship

VERB + CANAL

build, dig

CANAL + NOUN

barge, boat | bank | towpath

PREP

along a/the ~

We walked along the canal and watched the ducks swimming near the bridge.

on a/the ~

We took a peaceful boat ride on the canal through the old city center.

Definitions

noun

An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.

A tubular channel within the body or within a plant.

The fossilised jaw of T. trusleri has a huge canal running through it and that’s believed to have carried all the nerve and related tissue needed for the sense of electroception.

One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars; see Martian canals

verb

To dig an artificial waterway in or to (a place), especially for drainage

In the mangrove-type salt marsh, the entire marsh must be canaled or impounded.

To travel along a canal by boat

Near Rotterdam we canalled by Delfthaven.

name

A surname.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and con

verb — provide (a city) with a canal

canalize
canalise

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The fossilised jaw of T. trusleri has a huge canal running through it and that’s believed to have carried all the nerve and related tissue needed for the sense of electroception.

Wiktionary

In the mangrove-type salt marsh, the entire marsh must be canaled or impounded.

Wiktionary

Near Rotterdam we canalled by Delfthaven.

Wiktionary

A canal flowed between two rows of houses.

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The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic with the Pacific.

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The canal connects the Atlantic with the Pacific.

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