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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
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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