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The definition of a canal is a river or man-made channel of water used for transportation.
(noun)An example of a canal is where the floating market in Bangkok takes place.
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See canal in Webster's New World College Dictionary
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
Origin: ME, pipe or tube < OFr < L canalis, pipe, groove, channel < canna, reed: see cane
See canal in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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.
- To dig an artificial waterway through: canal an isthmus.
- To provide with an artificial waterway or waterways.
Origin:
Origin: Partly French, channel,
Origin: and partly Middle English, tube (from Medieval Latin canāle)
Origin: , both from Latin canālis, tube, channel
Origin: , probably from canna, small reed; see cane
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