Thesaurus: canal

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1. n. An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc.
2. n. A tube or duct; as, the alimentary canal; the semicircular canals of the ear.
3. n. (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
4. n. a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
5. n. long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation
6. v. provide (a city) with a canal
7. 1. An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc. 2. (Anat.) A tube or duct; as, the alimentary canal; the semicircular canals of the ear. Canal boat, a boat for use on a canal; esp. one of peculiar shape, carrying freight, and drawn by horses walking on the towpath beside the canal. Canal lock. See Lock.
8. A tube or duct; as, the alimentary canal; the semicircularcanals of the ear. Canal boat, a boat for use on a canal; esp. one ofpeculiar shape, carrying freight, and drawn by horses walking on thetowpath beside the canal. Canal lock. See Lock.
9. n:100 n. (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion n. long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation v. provide (a city) with a canal