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1. (n.) canal
an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
2. canal
a tubular passage for food, air, etc., in an animal or plant; duct.
3. canal
channel; watercourse.
4. canal
one of the long, dark lines on the planet Mars, as viewed from Earth.
5. (v.t.) canal
to make a canal through.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME: waterpipe, tubular passage < L canālis)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) canal
(astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
2. (noun) duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel
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"
3. (verb) canal
long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation
4. (verb) canal, canalize, canalise
provide (a city) with a canal
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1. (noun) canal
a channel dug for boats to travel along
the Panama Canal
2. canal
a tube in the body
the ear canal
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) canal
an artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc
2. (noun) canal
a tube or duct; as, the alimentary canal; the semicircular canals of the ear
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Sense: a (usually narrow) man-made waterway
barges on the canal; the Panama Canal.
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 Afrikaans: kanaal |
 Arabic: قَناة |
 Bulgarian: канал |
 Brazilian: canal |
 Czech: průplav, kanál |
 German: der Kanal |
 Danish: kanal |
 Greek: διώρυγα |
 Spanish: canal |
 Estonian: kanal |
 Farsi: کانال؛ آبراهه |
 Finnish: kanava |
 French: canal |
 Hebrew: תְעֲלָה |
 Hindi: नहर |
 Croatian: kanal, prokop |
 Hungarian: csatorna |
 Indonesian: terusan |
 Icelandic: skurður; skipaskurður |
 Italian: canale |
 Japanese: 運河 |
 Korean: 운하 |
 Lithuanian: kanalas |
 Latvian: kanāls |
 Malay: terusan |
 Dutch: kanaal, gracht |
 Norwegian: kanal |
 Polish: kanał |
 Persian: کانال؛ آبراهه |
 Pashto: يوه لويه واله په تېره چه |
 Portuguese: canal |
 Romanian: canal |
 Russian: канал |
 Slovak: kanál |
 Slovenian: prekop |
 Serbian: kanal |
 Swedish: kanal |
 Thai: คลอง |
 Turkish: kanal |
 Taiwanese: 運河 |
 Ukrainian: канал |
 Urdu: نہر |
 Vietnamese: kênh đào |
 Chinese: 运河 |
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