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Webster 1913 Edition
Canal
Ca-nal′
,Noun.
1.
An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc.
2.
(Anat.)
A tube or duct;
as, the alimentary
. canal
; the semicircular canals
of the earCanal boat
, a boat for use on a canal; esp. one of peculiar shape, carrying freight, and drawn by horses walking on the towpath beside the canal.
– Canal lock
. See
Lock
.Webster 1828 Edition
Canal
CANAL
, n.1.
A passage for water; a water course; properly, a long trench or excavation in the earth for conducting water, and confining it to narrow limits; but the term may be applied to other water courses. It is chiefly applied to artificial cuts or passages for water, used for transportation; whereas channel is applicable to a natural water course.The canal from the Hudson to Lake Erie is one of the noblest works of art.
2.
In anatomy, a duct or passage in the body of an animal, through which any of the juices flow, or other substances pass; as the neck of the bladder, and the alimentary canal.3.
A surgical instrument; a splint.Definition 2024
canal
canal
See also: canàl
English
A canal.
Noun
canal (plural canals)
- An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
- (anatomy) A tubular channel within the body.
- (astronomy) One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars.
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Translations
artificial waterway
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a tubular channel within the body
Verb
canal (third-person singular simple present canals, present participle canaling or canalling, simple past and past participle canaled or canalled)
- To dig an artificial waterway in or to (a place), especially for drainage
- To travel along a canal by boat
- 1905, William Yoast Morgan, A Journey of a Jayhawker, page 211:
- Near Rotterdam we canalled by Delfthaven.
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French
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin canālis. Doublet of chenal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.nal/
Noun
canal m (plural canaux)
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Norman
Etymology
From Old French canal, from Latin canālis (“channel; canal”).
Noun
canal m (plural canaux)
Portuguese
canal
Etymology
From Old Portuguese canal, from Latin canālis (“canal”), from canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).
Pronunciation
Noun
canal m (plural canais)
- ditch
- canal (artificial waterway)
- (radio) channel (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
- (television) television channel
Synonyms
Derived terms
- (canal): canal-do-Panamá