canal

¹ca·nal

noun \kə-ˈnal\

Definition of CANAL

1

: a tubular anatomical passage or channel : duct

2

: channel, watercourse

3

: an artificial waterway for navigation or for draining or irrigating land

4

: any of various faint narrow lines on the planet Mars seen through telescopes and once thought by some to be canals built by Martians

Examples of CANAL

1. <the Panama Canal opened a much easier and shorter passageway from the Atlantic to the Pacific>

Origin of CANAL

Middle English, from Latin canalis pipe, channel, from canna reed — more at cane

First Known Use: 15th century

Related to CANAL

Synonyms: aqueduct, channel, conduit, course, flume, racecourse, raceway, watercourse, waterway

Related Words: millrace, millstream; floodway, sluice, sluiceway, spillway; swash, tideway, torrent; gutter, trough; river, rivulet, stream

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Other Anatomy Terms

bilateral symmetry, carotid, cartilage, dorsal, entrails, prehensile, renal, solar plexus, supine, thoracic, ventral

Rhymes with CANAL

banal, cabal, Chagall, chorale, copal, corral, decal, fal-lal, grand mal, joual, La Salle, locale, mescal, morale, nopal, pall-mall, pascal, Pascal, percale, quetzal, salal, serval, vinal