canalnoun [ C ]
uk/kəˈnæl/us/kəˈnæl/canal noun [ C ] (WATER ROUTE)
B1 a long, thin stretch of water that is artificially made either for boats to travel along or for taking water from one area to another:
The Panama Canal provides a crucial shipping link between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
See also
alimentary canal
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- They found the man's body after dragging the canal.
- They have to dredge the canal regularly to keep it open.
- She lives in a narrow boat on a canal.
- We walked along the canal for a couple of miles.
- In order to turn the deserts into fertile and productive land, engineers built an 800-mile canal.
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Watercourses & waterfalls
- arroyo
- barrage
- bayou
- beck
- brook
- burn
- cascade
- downriver
- Euphrates
- ghat
- gully
- headwater
- Mississippi
- rapids
- rivulet
- sluice
- spate
- upriver
- watercourse
- watershed
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canal noun [ C ] (TUBE IN BODY)
specialized medical a narrow tube through which air, fluid, or other substances can pass:
The alimentary canal is the path by which food enters the body, and solid waste is passed out.
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Substances & structures in the body
- abductor
- accessorius
- adductor
- agonist
- amyloid
- atheroma
- caecum
- grey matter
- gyrus
- hallucis
- hilum
- hilus
- lymph vessel
- peptic
- periosteum
- peritoneal
- peritoneum
- phosphatase
- vitreous humour
- xiphoid
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