canal
noun
- an artificial waterway for transportation or irrigation
- a river artificially improved by locks, levees, etc. to permit navigation
- any of the long, narrow lines, visible from earth, on the planet Mars: once thought by some to be canals but now known to be optical illusions
- Anat. any of various tubular passages or ducts
transitive verb canalled or canaled, canalling or canaling
to build a canal through or across
See canal in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(kə-nălˈ)
noun- An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
- Anatomy A tube, duct, or passageway.
- Astronomy One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars.
transitive verb ca·nalled or
ca·naled,
ca·nal·ling or
ca·nal·ing,
ca·nals - To dig an artificial waterway through: canal an isthmus.
- To provide with an artificial waterway or waterways.
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