canal

Noun

1. An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
2. A tubular channel within the body or within a plant.
3. One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars; see Martian canals

Verb

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəˈnæl/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French canal, from Old French canal, from Latin canālis (“channel; canal”), from canālis (“canal”), from canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). Doublet of channel.

Synonyms

channel

ditch

duct

waterway

watercourse

gutter

trench

conduit

pipe

water-course

tube

drain

passage

moat

canalise

stream

meatus

canalize

drainage ditch

epithelial duct

river

sulcus

cut

groove

tunnel

hallway

hole

🕳️

lake

launder

line

lubber

mouth

nitwit

noddy

nozzle

numskull

oaf

opening

passageway

path

🛣️

pipeline

piping

pit

pond

railway

road

🛣️

rod

sewer

ship canal

slot

Translations

canal

Kanal

canal

canale

canal

kanał

kanaal

κανάλι

διώρυγα

gracht

αγωγός

vaart

canal

wijk

kanal

Sentences

The canal joins the Wannsee with the Griebnitzsee.