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UK
/kənˈæl/
]
[ US /kəˈnæɫ/ ]
[ US /kəˈnæɫ/ ]
VERB
- provide (a city) with a canal
NOUN
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a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs
the tear duct was obstructed
the alimentary canal - long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation
- (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
How To Use canal In A Sentence
- The congress believes that the excavation of an interoceanic canal at sea level, so desirable in the interests of commerce and navigation, is feasible; and that, in order to take advantage of the indispensable facilities for access and operation which a channel of this kind must offer above all, this canal should extend from the Gulf of Limon to the Bay of Panama. The Path Between the Seas
- Personnel from HMAS Anzac set off to do a tour of Egypt while the ship is anchored near the entrance to the Suez Canal.
- This was also the heyday of the "capriccio," or architectural and landscape fantasy, established by Marco Ricci and developed by Canaletto and Tiepolo. NYT > Home Page
- If these canals cannot be unclogged, they should be closed.
- The ear canal also named middle ear splays out at the external position.
- Projections of the canaliculi wall, attached to the osteocyte at an integrin protein, may also participate in amplifying and transmitting the signal. News from The Scientist
- The calcified matrix of bone consists of cavities known as lacunae that are connected via a network of canals known as canaliculi, which carries interstitial fluid through the skeletal system. News from The Scientist
- Candle makers, after all, cannot be expected to hail the invention of the electric light bulb, nor hostlers the advent of automobiles, nor canal-boat owners the building of railways, nor TV broadcasters the laying down of cable systems.
- Agricultural yields were improving and the development of turnpike roads and canals later in the century enabled food to be transported more quickly to areas of shortage.
- Generally, the front, incisor and canine teeth have one canal, premolars have two canals and the back molar teeth have three.