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canal
/kəˈnæl/
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What does canal mean?
noun
- An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
- A tubular channel within the body or within a plant.
- One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars; see Martian canals
More meanings (3)
verb
- To dig an artificial waterway in or to (a place), especially for drainage
- To travel along a canal by boat
proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/kəˈnæl/
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After some time, they took part of a small factory in Canal Street, and carried on their business on a larger scale.
There was a stone-edged roadway along the latter, where the canal barges might receive and deliver traffic in the most convenient manner.
More book examples (2)
When a child, Gauss used to play on the bank of the canal, and falling in one day he was nearly drowned.
This is likewise the case when the abdominal muscles act downwards with unusual force in expelling the contents of the intestinal canal.