canal

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English

Pronunciation

IPA /kəˈnɛl/

Noun

canal noun

An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
A tubular channel within the body.
One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars.

Verb

canal verb

To dig an artificial waterway in or to (a place), especially for drainage
To travel along a canal by boat

Related terms

Synonyms

canalize channel duct waterway channelization chute watercourse conduit pipeline navigable geo fosse causeway flume tunnelling groove

Associated

towpath locks aqueduct lock suez midi panama erie dug irrigation

Rhymes

rationale corral shall gal sal locale morale mal chaparral et al

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