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- pronunciation:
- k
nael
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
a man-made waterway for transportation or irrigation.
The two lakes are connected by a canal.Without the Panama Canal, ships could not easily travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific.
- synonyms:
- watercourse
- similar words:
- aqueduct, conduit, culvert, ditch, flume, gully, race, seaway, waterway
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definition 2: |
a tubelike part of an animal or plant body, through which air or fluid passes.
The x-ray shows the root canal of this tooth.- similar words:
- artery, channel, duct, passage, pipe, tube, vein, vessel
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related words: |
main, thoroughfare |
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part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
canals, canaling, canalling, canaled, canalled |
definition: |
to construct canals in or through.
They canalled the land between these various lakes.- synonyms:
- channel
- similar words:
- dig, excavate
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related words: |
channel, enclose |
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