01 n. An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc.
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1.
An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc.
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2.
A tube or duct; as, the alimentary canal; the semicircular canals of the ear.(Anat.)
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3.
A long and relatively narrow arm of the sea, approximately uniform in width; -- used chiefly in proper names; as, Portland Canal; Lynn Canal.[Alaska]
Phrases & compounds
Canal boat —
a boat for use on a canal; esp. one of peculiar shape, carrying freight, and drawn by horses walking on the towpath beside the canal.
Canal lock —
See Lock.