canal

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see also: Canal

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /kəˈnæl/
• (Canada) IPA: /kəˈnɛl/

Noun

canal (plural canals)

1. An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
2. (anatomy) A tubular channel within the body.
3. (astronomy) One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars.

Related terms

• channel
• channelization
• channelize
• canalization
• canalize

Translations

• French: canal
• German: Kanal
• Italian: canale
• Portuguese: canal
• Russian: кана́л
• Spanish: canal

Translations

• French: canal
• German: Kanal, Gang
• Spanish: canal

Verb

canal (canals, present participle canaling; past and past participle canaled)

1. To dig an artificial waterway in or to (a place), especially for drainage
2. To travel along a canal by boat

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Canal

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Proper noun

1. Surname

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