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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