Noun: canal ku'nal
- Long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation
"Barges slowly moved along the canal"
- A bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
"the alimentary canal";
- duct, epithelial duct, channel
- (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
"Early astronomers mistakenly identified canals on the surface of Mars"; "Modern observations have debunked the idea of Martian canals"
- Provide (a city) with a canal
"The engineers canalled the city to improve transportation";
- canalize, canalise [Brit]
Derived forms: canalled, canals, canalling
Type of: channel, furnish, offer, passage, passageway, provide, render, supply, watercourse, waterway
Encyclopedia: Canal, Ontario