English to English
canal
(k/@/'n/&/l
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noun (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(noun.object)source: wordnet30
- a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance(noun.body)Example:
The alimentary canal.
source: wordnet30 - long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc.(noun)source: webster1913
- A long and relatively narrow arm of the sea, approximately uniform in width; -- used chiefly in proper names; as, Portland Canal; Lynn Canal.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
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