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Canal

Canal Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Canal? [n] long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation [n] 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" [n] (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion [v] provide with a canal, as of a city Synonyms \| Synonyms for Canal: canalise \| canalize \| channel \| duct \| epithelial duct Related Terms \| Find terms related to Canal: aqueduct \| arroyo \| bed \| bottleneck \| canalization \| canalize \| carve \| chamfer \| channel \| chisel \| conduit \| corrugate \| course \| crack \| creek bed \| crimp \| culvert \| cut \| dado \| defile \| dike \| ditch \| donga \| dry bed \| duct \| emunctory \| engrave \| entrenchment \| Eustachian tube \| Fallopian tube \| fistula \| flume \| flute \| fosse \| furrow \| gash \| goffer \| gouge \| groove \| gulch \| gully \| gullyhole \| gutter \| ha-ha \| headrace \| incise \| intestines \| irrigation ditch \| isthmus \| kennel \| meatus \| moat \| narrow \| narrows \| neck \| nullah \| ostium \| oviduct \| pass \| pleat \| plow \| pore \| rabbet \| race \| rifle \| river bed \| riverway \| runnel \| rut \| salpinx \| score \| scratch \| slit \| sluice \| spillbox \| spillway \| strait \| streak \| stream bed \| streamway \| striate \| sunk fence \| swash \| swash channel \| tailrace \| thoracic duct \| throat \| trench \| trough \| ureter \| urethra \| vagina \| vas \| vessel \| wadi \| water carrier \| water channel \| water furrow \| water gap \| water gate \| watercourse \| waterway \| waterworks \| wrinkle See Also \| alimentary canal \| alimentary tract \| ampulla \| aqueductus cerebri \| bile duct \| bronchiole \| canal of Schlemm \| canaliculus \| canalis cervicis uteri \| canalis inguinalis \| canalis vertebralis \| cartilaginous tube \| cerebral aqueduct \| cervical canal \| channel \| common bile duct \| conduit \| cut \| digestive tract \| digestive tube \| ductule \| ductulus \| ductus deferens \| ejaculatory duct \| epididymis \| Erie Canal \| furnish \| gastrointestinal tract \| GI tract \| Haversian canal \| hepatic duct \| industrial watercourse \| inguinal canal \| lachrymal duct \| lacrimal duct \| lactiferous duct \| lock \| lock chamber \| lockage \| lymph vessel \| lymphatic vessel \| nasolacrimal duct \| New York State Barge Canal \| pancreatic duct \| passage \| passageway \| pore \| provide \| race \| raceway \| render \| salivary duct \| Schlemm's canal \| seminal duct \| ship canal \| shipway \| sinus \| sinus venosus sclerae \| spinal canal \| supply \| Sylvian aqueduct \| tear duct \| umbilical cord \| ureter \| urethra \| vagina \| vas deferens \| venous sinus \| vertebral canal Canal In Webster's Dictionary \Canal"\, n. [F. canal, from L. canalis canal, channel; prob. from a root signifying ``to cut''; cf. D. kanaal, fr. the French. Cf. {Channel}, {Kennel} gutter.] 1. An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc. 2. (Anat.) A tube or duct; as, the alimentary canal; the semicircular canals of the ear. {Canal boat}, a boat for use on a canal; esp. one of peculiar shape, carrying freight, and drawn by horses walking on the towpath beside the canal. {Canal lock}. See {Lock}. \Canal"\, n. A long and relatively narrow arm of the sea, approximately uniform in width; -- used chiefly in proper names; as, Portland Canal; Lynn Canal. [Alaska]

Canal Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Canal?

[n] long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation
[n] 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"
[n] (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
[v] provide with a canal, as of a city

Canal In Webster's Dictionary

\Ca*nal"\, n. [F. canal, from L. canalis canal, channel;
prob. from a root signifying ``to cut''; cf. D. kanaal, fr.
the French. Cf. {Channel}, {Kennel} gutter.]
1. An artificial channel filled with water and designed for
   navigation, or for irrigating land, etc.

2. (Anat.) A tube or duct; as, the alimentary canal; the
   semicircular canals of the ear.

{Canal boat}, a boat for use on a canal; esp. one of peculiar
   shape, carrying freight, and drawn by horses walking on
   the towpath beside the canal.

{Canal lock}. See {Lock}.


\Ca*nal"\, n.
A long and relatively narrow arm of the sea, approximately
uniform in width; -- used chiefly in proper names; as,
Portland Canal; Lynn Canal. [Alaska]

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