canals
noun
1.
an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
2.
a long narrow arm of the sea penetrating far inland.
3.
a tubular passage or cavity for food, air, etc., especially in an animal or plant; a duct.
4.
channel; watercourse.
5.
Astronomy. one of the long, narrow, dark lines on the surface of the planet Mars, as seen telescopically from the earth.
verb (used with object)
6.
to make a canal through.
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canal (kəˈnæl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an artificial waterway constructed for navigation, irrigation, water power, etc |
| 2. | any of various tubular passages or ducts: the alimentary canal |
| 3. | any of various elongated intercellular spaces in plants |
| 4. | astronomy any of the indistinct surface features of Mars originally thought to be a network of channels but not seen on close-range photographs. They are caused by an optical illusion in which faint geological features appear to have a geometric structure |
| —vb , -nals, -nalling, -nalled, -nals, -naling, -naled | |
| 5. | to dig a canal through |
| 6. | to provide with a canal or canals |
| [C15 (in the sense: pipe, tube): from Latin canālis channel, water pipe, from canna reed, | |
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Word Origin & History
canal
early 15c., from Fr. canal (12c.), noun use of an adj., from L. canalis "water pipe, groove, channel," from canna "reed." Originally "a pipe for liquid," its sense transfered by 1670s to "artificial waterway."
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canal ca·nal (kə-nāl')
n.
A duct, a channel, or a tubular structure.
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