[ UK /kənˈæl/ ]
[ US /kəˈnæɫ/ ]
VERB
  1. provide (a city) with a canal
NOUN
  1. 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
  2. long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation
  3. (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
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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.
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