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canal
[ kuh-nal ]
noun
- an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
- a long narrow arm of the sea penetrating far inland.
- a tubular passage or cavity for food, air, etc., especially in an animal or plant; a duct.
- channel; watercourse.
- Astronomy. one of the long, narrow, dark lines on the surface of the planet Mars, as seen telescopically from the earth.
verb (used with object)
canalled or canaled, canalling or canaling.
- to make a canal through.
canal
/ əˈæ /
noun
- an artificial waterway constructed for navigation, irrigation, water power, etc
- any of various tubular passages or ducts
the alimentary canal
- any of various elongated intercellular spaces in plants
- astronomy any of the indistinct surface features of Mars originally thought to be a network of channels but not seen on close-range photographs. They are caused by an optical illusion in which faint geological features appear to have a geometric structure
verb
- to dig a canal through
- to provide with a canal or canals
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Word History and Origins
Origin of canal1
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English: “waterpipe, tubular passage,” from Latin , perhaps equivalent to can(na) “reed, pipe” ( cane ) + - -al 1; canal def 5 a mistranslation of Italian canali “channels,” the term used by G. V. Schiaparelli
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Word History and Origins
Origin of canal1
C15 (in the sense: pipe, tube): from Latin channel, water pipe, from canna reed, cane 1
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It lacks both the massive storage infrastructure and the extensive canals needed to divert such volumes.
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In a quiet corner of Runcorn, a group of residents who've been fighting to bring a disused canal back to use have found themselves thrust into the centre of a political battle.
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A fragment of bone was also pushed into his spinal canal.
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Unlike a typical root canal, the dental experts went in through the bottom of Rico's tooth.
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For others, it’s as nerve-racking as a root canal.
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