Definitions for Canalkəˈnæl
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ca•nalkəˈnæl(n.; v.)-nalled; -naled, -nal•ling; -nal•ing.
(n.)an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
Category: Civil Engineering, Nautical, Navy
a tubular passage for food, air, etc., in an animal or plant; duct.
Category: Biology
channel; watercourse.
one of the long, dark lines on the planet Mars, as viewed from Earth.
Category: Astronomy
(v.t.)to make a canal through.
Category: Nautical, Navy
Origin of canal:
1400–50; late ME: waterpipe, tubular passage < L canālis
Princeton's WordNet
canal(noun)
(astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel(noun)
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
"the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs"
canal(verb)
long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation
canal, canalize, canalise(verb)
provide (a city) with a canal
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
canal(noun)əˈnæl
a channel dug for boats to travel along
the Panama Canal
canaləˈnæl
a tube in the body
the ear canal
Wiktionary
canal(Noun)
An artificial waterway, often connecting one body of water with another
canal(Noun)
A tubular channel within the body.
canal(Verb)
To dig an artificial waterway in or to (a place), especially for drainage
canal(Verb)
To travel along a canal by boat
Origin: From canalis.
Webster Dictionary
Canal(noun)
an artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc
Canal(noun)
a tube or duct; as, the alimentary canal; the semicircular canals of the ear
Translations for Canal
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- kanaalAfrikaans

- قَناةArabic

- каналBulgarian

- canalPortuguese (BR)

- průplav, kanálCzech

- der KanalGerman

- kanalDanish

- διώρυγαGreek

- canalSpanish

- kanalEstonian

- کانال؛ آبراههFarsi

- kanavaFinnish

- canalFrench

- תְעֲלָהHebrew

- नहरHindi

- kanal, prokopCroatian

- csatornaHungarian

- terusanIndonesian

- skurður; skipaskurðurIcelandic

- canaleItalian

- 運河Japanese

- 운하Korean

- kanalasLithuanian

- kanālsLatvian

- terusanMalay

- kanaal, grachtDutch

- kanalNorwegian

- kanałPolish

- کانال؛ آبراههPersian

- يوه لويه واله په تېره چه بېړۍ پكښي چليږى: داوبو لګولو واله: (پ) يورګ چه دحيواناتو او يا نبا تاتو په جسم كې مايعات تېروىPashto

- canalPortuguese

- canalRomanian

- каналRussian

- kanálSlovak

- prekopSlovenian

- kanalSerbian

- kanalSwedish

- คลองThai

- kanalTurkish

- 運河Chinese (Trad.)

- каналUkrainian

- نہرUrdu

- kênh đàoVietnamese

- 运河Chinese (Simp.)

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