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noun
- 1. an artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland or to convey water for irrigation: "they travelled on by canal" Similar
- 2. a tubular duct in a plant or animal, serving to convey or contain food, liquid, or air: "the ear canal" Similar
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CANAL definition: 1. a long, thin stretch of water that is artificially made either for boats to travel along or for…. Learn more.
The meaning of CANAL is a tubular anatomical passage or channel : duct. How to use canal in a sentence.
CANAL meaning: 1. a long, thin stretch of water that is artificially made either for boats to travel along or for…. Learn more.
noun. an artificial waterway constructed for navigation, irrigation, water power, etc. any of various tubular passages or ducts. the alimentary canal. any of various elongated intercellular spaces in plants.
A canal can be called a navigation canal when it parallels a natural river and shares part of the latter's discharges and drainage basin, and leverages its resources by building dams and locks to increase and lengthen its stretches of slack water levels while staying in its valley.
A canal is a long, narrow stretch of water that has been made for boats to travel along or to bring water to a particular area.
noun. /kəˈnæl/ a long straight passage dug in the ground and filled with water for boats and ships to travel along; a smaller passage used for carrying water to fields, crops, etc. the Panama/Suez Canal. an irrigation canal. Culture canals. Extra Examples. Topics Holidays b2, Transport by water b2, Geography b2. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
