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Canal

Canal Meaning & Definition
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

\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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