canal

canal

noun

Definition of CANAL

an open man-made passageway for water <the Panama Canal opened a much easier and shorter passageway from the Atlantic to the Pacific>

Synonyms aqueduct, canal, conduit, course, flume, racecourse, raceway, watercourse, waterway

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