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[ 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

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.
  • Skirting the village, the group crossed a little canal and came under intense mortar fire.
  • He writes regularly to the council on environmental issues and has now turned lobbyist on the issue that most annoys him - dog mess along Rochdale Canal.
  • The weather was perfect and hundreds of people turned out to see a 1000 yellow ducks bob their way down the 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
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