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 Definitions of canal  [əˈnæl]  

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Definition of 'canal' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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)

Definition of 'canal' Princeton's WordNet 

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


Definition of 'canal' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) canal
a channel dug for boats to travel along
the Panama Canal

2.  canal
a tube in the body
the ear canal


Definition of 'canal' Webster Dictionary 

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


Translation of 'canal' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a (usually narrow) man-made waterway
barges on the canal; the Panama Canal.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kanaal Arabic flag Arabic: قَناة Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: канал
Brazilian flag Brazilian: canal Czech flag Czech: průplav, kanál German flag German: der Kanal
Danish flag Danish: kanal Greek flag Greek: διώρυγα Spanish flag Spanish: canal
Estonian flag Estonian: kanal Farsi flag Farsi: کانال؛ آبراهه Finnish flag Finnish: kanava
French flag French: canal Hebrew flag Hebrew: תְעֲלָה Hindi flag Hindi: नहर
Croatian flag Croatian: kanal, prokop Hungarian flag Hungarian: csatorna Indonesian flag Indonesian: terusan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: skurður; skipaskurður Italian flag Italian: canale Japanese flag Japanese: 運河
Korean flag Korean: 운하 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: kanalas Latvian flag Latvian: kanāls
Malay flag Malay: terusan Dutch flag Dutch: kanaal, gracht Norwegian flag Norwegian: kanal
Polish flag Polish: kanał Persian flag Persian: کانال؛ آبراهه Pashto flag Pashto: يوه لويه واله په تېره چه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: canal Romanian flag Romanian: canal Russian flag Russian: канал
Slovak flag Slovak: kanál Slovenian flag Slovenian: prekop Serbian flag Serbian: kanal
Swedish flag Swedish: kanal Thai flag Thai: คลอง Turkish flag Turkish: kanal
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 運河 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: канал Urdu flag Urdu: نہر
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: kênh đào Chinese flag Chinese: 运河

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'canal' - Nearby Entries  

canafistola  canafistula  canal  canal boat  canalicular  canaliculate  canaliculus  



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